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Shield Tablet and LG G Tab 8.3 get screencast on Chromecast

by on24 November 2014



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Last week Nvidia's Shield Tablet got the Android update 5.0 and it looks good. Nvidia scored the Nexus 9 design win, with a 64-bit processor capable of making the most out of Google's new ART Android Run Time and even the 32-bit Tegra K1 tablet got the Lollipop update. It doesn’t stop there, as Nvidia’s Shield got screencast support for Chromecast.

There is no install in the Screencast option under the drop down menu, you just need to choose 'cast screen', find your Chromecast stick listed and it starts to display your tablet screen on the TV. It works well and there is only a tiny delay between devices, so you can notice that scrolling has a small lag.

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We also heard that the LG G Tab 8.3 got screencast support, but we don’t have this particular device and we will trust Google on it. The Shield tablet with 4.4.2 software didn’t have a Miracast or screencast option and we saw that as a downside. Luckily Nvidia fixed it with the Android 5.0 update, where screencast works like a charm.

There is no doubt that Android 5.0 and Chromecast support out of the box as well as free gRID gaming with 20 titles will make Nvidia’s second-generation Android tablet more a bit appealing moving into the holiday shopping season. Gamers are the target audience, but at $299 the tablet is not a bad deal for mainstream users, either. $399 gets you 32GB support as well as an LTE modem.

The somewhat older LG G Tab 8.3 and Samsung Galaxy TabPRO 8.4 are even cheaper in many markets, at least in their entry-level SKUs. All three of these tablets end up substantially cheaper than the Nexus 9, which is something to bear in mind.

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