Kellen, Author at Droid Life

DEAL: Google’s Pixel Fold is $500 Off, Pixel 8 Pro is $250 Off

Kellen June 3, 2024 5

While October and the launch of the Pixel 9 approaches, it's still not close enough for you to ignore Google's current line-up of high-end devices, especially when they are on sale. Almost the entire Pixel line-up is discounted to their best rates of all time,...

Ancient Galaxy S10 Also Receiving Surprise Update After Year Off

Kellen June 3, 2024 6

I can’t imagine that many of you are still holding onto a Galaxy S10 series phone, especially since it was cut off from updates over a year ago. However, if you are - surprise! We have a new update for the Galaxy S10, Galaxy S10+, and Galaxy S10e, just like we...

Spotify Raises Prices Again From $1 to $3

Kellen June 3, 2024 9

Spotify is raising prices on all Spotify Premium plans over the next few weeks in a move that was teased back in April. At that time, Spotify was increasing price points on Premium plans outside of the US, with the expectation that the same increases would...

Have Verizon and T-Mobile Price Increases Pushed You to Switch Plans or Carriers?

Kellen May 31, 2024 46

The change in the US to a 3-carrier system is starting to show exactly why having fewer choices and less competition is bad for consumers. Some of us were certainly concerned about price increases following T-Mobile and Sprint merging back in 2020, even if T-...

Galaxy Note 10 Receives Surprise Update After Being Cutoff Last Year

Kellen May 31, 2024 1

Samsung was supposed to have cutoff the Galaxy Note 10 from updates last year, following its 4th birthday and after having already been demoted to the quarterly update schedule the year prior. Up until today, the Note 10 series was indeed done and had not seen...

Google Announces Fitbit Ace LTE for Kids, Looks Fun and Expensive

Kellen May 30, 2024 6

Google introduced new hardware this week in the form of a kids smartwatch under the Fitbit brand. The new watch is the Fitbit Ace LTE and it looks pretty great on paper. It is also quite expensive both upfront and in an ongoing basis. The Fitbit Ace LTE...

7 New Features are Coming to Android, Your Devices: Google Messages, Home, More

Kellen May 30, 2024 8

Pixel owners know about feature drops, because they are Google's way of continuously adding value to devices. With each big quarterly update, Google tosses out new software ideas onto Pixel phones and tablets to keep things fun and fresh. For those who don't...

If You Have a Big Google Pay Balance, Might Want to Start Withdrawing the Funds

Kellen May 29, 2024 8

The end for Google Pay is near, for those who lost track of time and/or whatever the hell Google is doing with its payment apps. The Google Pay (or is it GPay?) app is going away on June 4 and there is one thing you need to do if you happen to have a...