[Gmjh]

The only reason I used Chromecast was when it was impossible to get the app for Android tv. Which was nearly all of them. Yes you can sideload them to the nexus player but every time there was an update you had to sideload it again. Now that the wetek core can have the app directly on it's system I can't see any need for me to ever use Chromecast.

So the question to ask is, does the nVIDIA Shield suffer the same fate with Sideloaded Apps and Firmware updates ?
As it too runs Android TV OS too ?

By the very nature of sideloading it has to have the same limitation. Sideloaded apps will sometimes give you a message that it needs an update but of course when you click it you're taken to the Google play store which says the device is incompatible. So you have to search for an apk with the latest update. Some apps such as sky go or bt sport will refuse to work unless they have the latest update. And they have a new update very frequently. (About once a fortnight) Of course it's possible that Google play will just refuse to allow some apps to be installed on the wetek core. I'll find out when I get it I suppose.