Nvidia Shield tablet K1 starts receiving Android 6.0 Marshmallow update

Nvidia had promised that Shield Tablet K1 will receive Android 6.0 Marshmallow update by the end of this year and the company is keeping its promise. The latest Software Upgrade version 1.0 is the first major update since its introduction last month.

Nvidia sports a 8-inch (1920×1200 pixels) multi-touch IPS display and is powered by a 2.2 GHz quad-core NVIDIA Tegra K1 processor with 192 core Kepler GPU. It has 2GB RAM, 16GB of internal storage, MicroSD storage slot. The tablet was running on Android 5.0 Lollipop and the latest update is now available. The 665MB update it brings a number of changes to the tablet.

Nvidia SHIELD Tablet K1 update includes:

NVIDIA SHIELD Camera

• New UI inspired by Material Design, improved burst photo functionality
• Adds new real-time HD Image Effects

Now on Tap

• Quickly find information related to what you are seeing on the screen, also from inside an app

Adoptable Storage
MicroSD cards can be integrated with main internal storage, auto managed by system

User Interface Upgrades

• Personalize Home & Lock screens with different wallpapers, new NVIDIA wallpapers
• Personalize Quick Settings menu, add/remove, rearrange toggles
• Google Now voice commands can be launched from lock screen

Improved App Permissions

• Permissions are now managed centrally

Power Consumption

• App Standby power improvements
• Improved BT Low Energy scanning power efficiency

System wide improvements including

• Monitor Memory Usage with detailed usage of each app
• Optimized preloaded apps
• Adds Fallout Shelter game

You can manually check for the Android 6.0 Marshmallow update by going to Settings > About > Check for Updates.