Kellen, Author at Droid Life

June Pixel Feature Drop is Here With Gemini Nano, Display Port, Phone Lookup, Camera Stuff, More

Kellen June 11, 2024 17

The best part of each quarter for Pixel owners is when Google finalizes its next big quarterly Android update, as it also means we’ll get a Pixel Feature Drop with new toys to play with. The June Pixel Feature Drop is arriving today and there are almost a...

Apple Confirms RCS for iOS 18

Kellen June 10, 2024 26

At the end of 2023, Apple made a commitment to support RCS in the iPhone Messages app at some point in 2024. The news was huge, but we didn't know at the time if a big update to iOS would be required or if they could push support on the backend. Then in March,...

Google Pixel 8a Review: It’s Good, But the Pixel 9 and Discounts Loom

Kellen June 7, 2024 9

Google's newest phone, the Pixel 8a, is the continuation of their A-series, a semi-affordable version of the previous year's Pixel phone release. For most years, the new A-series phone has landed at a mid-year point that felt appropriate to keep Pixel phones...

Google Messages and RCS to Soon Let You Text 911

Kellen June 6, 2024 9

In emergency situations, making a call to 911 might not always be possible. What if you had an alternative way to contact 911, like through a messaging app? Hey, that's happening later this year, during the winter, through Google Messages. In a brief...

Nothing’s “Post-App World” of AI Sounds Terrible

Kellen June 5, 2024 11

Nothing doesn't plan on launching the Nothing Phone (3) this year, for those who were holding out hope. The company made that announcement today through a lengthy Tweet and video from founder Carl Pei, where he discussed the future and then had one of his...

Twitch is Also Raising Subscription Prices

Kellen June 4, 2024 1

Guys, if you own a streaming service and you haven't yet decided to push the "raise subscription prices" button yet, you can go ahead. Everyone else is. And now, you can add Twitch to the list doing the same thing. For Twitch's price increase, this is a bit...

Telegram Adds 6 Improvements to Message Effects, Captions, Calls, More

Kellen June 4, 2024 2

Telegram pushed out another decent update over the past several days that includes at least 6 noteworthy changes. Folks can now use message effects in 1-on-1 chats, captions can be properly placed, there are global hashtag searches, you can collapse those...

Android 15 Beta 2.2 Update is Here to Fix 6 More Bugs

Kellen June 3, 2024 1

Google kicked off the new month with a brand new bug fixing Android 15 beta update. This is Android 15 Beta 2.2, so not a full Beta 3 update that is likely to arrive later this month. This one is simply trying to take care of a couple of nuisance bugs that...