NVIDIA’s Shield TV, the company’s powerful set-top box, can now be paired with the Xbox Series X and S gamepads, as well as the PlayStation 5 DualSense controller. The long-awaited feature comes as part of the Shield 8.2.2 software update, which also includes support for Control 4 home automation systems, as well as Discovery + and Noggin’s streaming apps. The pairing of the controllers works as you would expect: Turn on the Shield’s Bluetooth discovery mode and then press the pairing button on your Xbox controller, or the PlayStation and Share / Clip buttons on the DualSense.
Surprisingly, it took so long for NVIDIA to add support for these new game blocks, as they already support PC pairing. But this is good news for anyone who has one of the next generation systems and also wants to participate in NVIDIA’s GeForce Now streaming service. You may play better Cyberpunk 2077 via cloud stream as the broken version currently available on consoles. In addition to the usual bug fixes, NVIDIA says that the Shield update also adds the Android 2020 security solution, as well as better IR volume support for the Shield remote control with Denon receivers.