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NVIDIA SHIELD Tablet getting its Android 5.1 Lollipop upgrade
June 09, 2025
In a flurry of activity over the last day or so,NVIDIAhas made available and began pushing out OTAAndroid 5.1 Lollipopto itsSHIELD Tablet, both the WiFi and LTE versions.
The SHIELD Tablet Software Upgrade 3.0 comes in form of a roughly 200MB download and will bring your tablet to Android 5.1. Included in the update is your typically vague ‘Performance enhancements and bug fixes’, the full notification of improvements is as follows:
Perhaps some of the best improvements in this Lollipop update are the display and camera performance bumps. Although theNVIDIA SHIELD‘s camera capabilities were already decent for a 5MP shooter on an 8-inch gaming focused tablet, improvements are always welcome. The display, however, we found to have fairly poor color reproduction – the new Tone Mapping feature looks to put color control in your hands, we hope it helps the 1920×1200 display come to life for you.
If you are not seeing the update on yourNVIDIA SHIELD Tabletjust yet, it is rolling out this weekend and may take half way into next week to get to everyone. Of course, XDA member gavin-phelan has arranged some links to the image files for you.
Do you have the Android 5.1 Lollipop update on yourNVIDIA SHIELD Tabletyet? Anything fun to report?
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