NVIDIA SHIELD TV

NVIDIA

About this app

The NVIDIA SHIELD TV app lets you log in to your favorite GeForce NOW games on SHIELD even faster.

The app gives you instant access to a virtual mouse and keyboard, which makes it simple for you to enter your username and password into game services like Steam®, EPIC Games, and Uplay™.

Features:
GeForce NOW Controls
● Virtual mouse touchpad
● Virtual keyboard (US English)
SHIELD TV Remote Controls
● D-pad (up/down/right/left) and Select
● Android buttons (Back, Start/Play/Pause, Home)
● Volume Control (mobile device’s volume buttons)


To get started, connect your Android phone or tablet to the same network as your SHIELD.

Make sure your SHIELD is upgraded to the latest version 7.1 or later system software (Settings > About > System upgrade).

For more information, please visit: http://shield.nvidia.com.

Ratings and reviews

It works, at first. But I have to close it and reopen the app constantly if I do anything else on my phone other than use the app. Three stars may even be generous So I'm changing it to two since it really doesn't work correctly. I had given it three stars because you could tell it has potential always has, but it's always been glitchy with many Samsung phones. I'm just tired of backing out of the app just to reboot it to hit pause. Screw that, switched over to Google TV app which works better.

Horrible app. I wish I wasn't forced to use this app to control the shield. If I navigate away from the app, the app will need to be restarted every single time I want to control the TV. For example, if I open the app, turn on something, decide to Google something before I go back to the app, the app has stopped working and requires a restart. I also hate that the screen defaults to the tv apps screen and I need to press an extra button to get to the remote, the main thing I use.

Works when the Bluetooth goes haywire on the Shield TV and the stock remote can't control it. Only issue is I usually have to close the app and reopen it after locking my screen. For whatever reason, the app seems to lose its connection. It might be a 'battery optimization' issue but I'm not sure.