Google Play UHD movies on Nvidia Shield?

by cadillacmike

Can you rent or buy movies in UHD on the Nvidia Shield?

Delumine

He needs to update his shield to the latest version. You can definitely rent and watch UHD

cadillacmike

My brother got an OLED LG 65 inch t.v. that has WebOS 2.0 instead of 3.0. So he can watch 4K and HDR on Amazon and Netflix but not on the Google Play Movies app. Whereas on my Sony Bravia I can rent UHD movies on Google Play Movies.

So I recommend he get the Nvidia Shield based on their website saying you could get 4K Google Play Movies:

http://imgur.com/d23uls2

So he bought the Shield

http://imgur.com/qJHLEDl

But when he tries the Google Play Movies app on the Shield it only shows HD

http://imgur.com/ND7S8zK

But if he looks on His phone it does have UHD as an option

http://imgur.com/i4O4kWA

So can you natively rent/buy UHD movies from Google Play Movies on the Shield?

Andrroid

Yes

JimboLodisC

The 5.2 Update from a month ago added support for Google Play Movies in 4K.

Play Movies can also be accessed through YouTube via your Purchases section.

cadillacmike

He said it started working yesterday, I suspect he wasn't on the latest update