Following last month’s rerelease of Nvidia’s Android gaming tablet, the company has begun upgrading the 8-inch Shield K1 slate from Lollipop to Marshmallow. The device is for people who want a tablet that can play both mobile games and stream nearby PC games.
Besides the usual enhancements Marshmallow brings to Android devices — Now on Tap, improved power conservation, and streamlined permission management — Nvidia has thrown in a redesigned camera app and a copy of the game Fallout Shelter (which is kinda silly since it’s a free-to-play app, anyway).
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Users may now use microSD cards as internal storage, but Nvidia cautions you from configuring them for this purpose will wipe any existing data, meaning that a card backup is critical before partaking in the upgrade. XDA-Developers adds that, based on discussions in its forums, only the K1 variant is expected to see this upgrade — meaning that tablets purchased prior to last month will be officially stuck on Lollipop, though not for any technical reason.
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