Reportedly, there are two battery models used in the Nvidia shield tablet, the Y01 and the B01. The Y01 model is the battery which has been reported to overheat, posing a fire hazard.

NVIDIA has released a software update for its SHIELD tablet, designed to update the system to Android 5.1.1, offer performance improvements, and fix some bugs affecting audio and other features ...

Nvidia promised spectacular, unprecedented gaming performance from its 8-inch Shield Tablet last year, but its pursuit of extreme performance seems to have gone a tiny bit too far. The company is ...

NVIDIA’s $299 handheld gaming console is now shipping, and as NVIDIA’s first entry into the consumer device space, it’s generating a bit of buzz… and uncertainty. One thing that is certain ...

It looks though that there’s an issue affecting the 8-inch tablet’s battery, because NVIDIA just announced a recall program affecting Shield tablets sold over the last year.

Nvidia is recalling all of its SHIELD tablets sold in the last 12 months, citing an overheating problem. ... Nvidia initiated the recall after discovering that the SHIELD’s battery is capable .

Nvidia’s “Grid” cloud-gaming service is also an option, and currently, it offers 26 games to play for free, streamed from its server farm to your Shield Tablet, with no signs that Nvidia ...

Since we know that at least two battery models were deployed in the Shield Tablet, this implies that the company has sold more than 88,000 devices, though Nvidia has never broken out the platform ...

If you purchased an NVIDIA Shield tablet sometime within the last year to get your gaming fix, you’re in a bit of a pickle. A recall released by the company today says that the battery found ...

GameStream isn’t even much of a power draw on the Shield’s battery, because it’s essentially just a streaming video signal. Nvidia estimates that you can play PC games for 10 to 12 hours on ...

Enter the 2017 model of the Nvidia Shield ($200 with a 16GB hard drive; $300 with a 500GB hard drive). The system is smaller, sleeker, and packs more powerful hardware, but the real refinements ...

Nvidia launches the Shield console, ... The console’s also battery-powered, and can run 40 hours on a single charge. The Shield also packs an HDMI 2.0 port with HDCP 2.2 compliance.