Ever since it has been announced awhile back as the US $299 device, Nvidia has kept polishing and updating its Shield console bringing some new and interesting features as well as dropping its price. During GTC 2014, Nvidia has announced that there will be a quite an interesting OTA update on April 2nd which will bring remote streaming as well as a new US $199 price.


While it already had an ability to stream games from a PC, these were limited to a local WiFi network and supported games and now that the game list includes over 100 titles, including new ones like Titanfall and Dark Souls II, it is time for the next update. The new update will bring the feature called Remote GameStream, which will basically allow you to play games from your PC anywhere in the world, as long as you have a good home Internet connection that is, which is according to Nvidia, 5Mbps upstream and downstream. The Remote GameStream software, which will be a part of Nvidia's Geforce Experience, will also support wake-on-LAN feature, which will allow you to wake your PC when you actually need it.

The standard GameStream will get a few updates, including an ability to add PC games that are not yet officially supported as well as give users access to advanced game streaming settings. The new update will also bring support for Bluetooth keyboards and mice and add support for USB splitter cables for Shield's USB port. The update also brings better GamePad Mapper utility, better TegraZone and a couple of other minor updates.

Of course, the new update will also add Android 4.4.2 KitKat to Shield. Last piece of update concerns the price. Nvidia has decided to drop the price by US $50, to US $199.99. This definitely puts the Shield in a really good position and with the upcoming update which will basically allow streaming PC games from anywhere in the world, it just became a rather interesting piece of hardware.



Source: Nvidia.com.