Kellen, Author at Droid Life

Android 15 QPR2 Beta 1 is Here for Pixel Devices!

Kellen November 12, 2024 4

Google teased the kick off of Android 15 QPR2 Beta 1 as coming "soon" at the beginning of the month. Today, they went ahead and flipped the release switch to "ON" and dropped the next big Android 15 update on us in beta form. If you like to test beta software...

Pixel Watch November Update Could Release Today (Updated: Yep)

Kellen November 12, 2024 5

The Pixel Watch has had an awkward last month since Google released Wear OS 5 to the Pixel Watch 1 and Pixel Watch 2. After the update caused those two original Pixel Watch models to brick or show blank screens, Google acknowledged there was an issue and put a...

Leak Suggests Pixel Owners Top Complaints are Indeed Battery Life and Overheating

Kellen November 11, 2024 9

Google's big bet on custom chips for their Pixel line-up of devices has had its ups and downs. Putting their Tensor-branded chips into Pixel phones starting with the Pixel 6 and taking us through the most recent Pixel 9 launch has returned positives like...

Pixel 9 at $150 Off is the Best Deal This Week

Kellen November 8, 2024 5

When each year's holiday shopping season rolls around, we get pretty excited knowing that Google is going to discount its best phones. They do it every year and it often brings pain to those who buy their phones right out of the gate. For the Pixel 9 launch,...

Google Gets Pre-Black Friday Busy With $300 Off Pixel 9 Pro Fold, $100 Off Pixel Watch 3

Kellen November 8, 2024 3

Google's first set of pre-Black Friday deals that went live yesterday were only a taste of what was to come it seems. This morning, Google upped the fun by giving the Pixel 9, Pixel 9 Pro Fold, and Pixel Watch 3 their first discounts. There are other...

Google Pixel Watch - Performance Loop Band

Google Shows Off Unreleased Pixel Watch Performance Loop Band Again

Kellen November 7, 2024 5

Google keeps teasing us by regularly showing off a Pixel Watch band that they just won't release, even though we've begged and asked a couple of times now. I'm talking about the Pixel Watch Performance Loop Band that showed up again today in an official Pixel...

Verizon Gives You Message+ Users Another Month to Find a Replacement

Kellen November 7, 2024 16

To kick off the month of October, Verizon caused a bunch of users of its Message+ app to freakout with an announcement that it would shutdown the service by November 7. Well, that day as come and it appears that Verizon is giving everyone another month to find...

OnePlus 12 is Already Getting Its Stable OxygenOS 15 and Android 15 Update

Kellen November 7, 2024 3

OnePlus is not messing around with the Android 15 update and has gone ahead and jumped in front of Samsung in rolling it out to its first device. Only two weeks after releasing OxygenOS 15 and Android 15 to beta, OnePlus has begun pushing the stable update out...