Among other new features, Huang said the Shield TV will be the first Android TV device to support Google Assistant. As you'd imagine, Google Assistant works just like it does on the company's Home device and Pixel phones, but you can also command it to play media on the Shield TV. The company also announced a companion microphone accessory for the Shield, NVIDIA Spot, which will function similarly to Amazon's Echo. You can spread Spot throughout your home to utter voice commands wherever you are.

The new Shield is still a compelling device, but it's not quite the successor we were expecting.