Kellen, Author at Droid Life

New “Premium” Galaxy Watch Models, T-Mobile Old Plan Price Hikes, New Mobvoi Watch

Kellen May 1, 2024 1

In the world of tech news, we've always got time for teases from Samsung when it involves new premium Galaxy Watch devices. Our eyebrows will also never stop raising whenever a carrier talks about older plans and how they might optimize pricing on them. Last,...

Google Phone Gets Audio Emoji Feature

Kellen April 30, 2024 9

Google can't find time to add RCS support to Google Voice, but you know what they can find time for? Adding poop sounds to your phone calls. Rolling out today to the Google Phone app, you can take the misery of a phone call up 7 notches with new Audio Emoji....

Fitbit Pay to Google Wallet: End Date to Switch Nears, Impacted Device List

Kellen April 30, 2024 1

Fitbit Pay is going away and you've been warned. A previous announcement for the ending flew under the radar in March, but Fitbit is now sending out notices to Fitbit users who might be impacted. In the email, Fitbit explains that Fitbit Pay will still work...

Google Pixel 8a: Price Increase Reportedly Unlikely, $499 to Start

Kellen April 30, 2024 1

Throughout our coverage of the upcoming Pixel 8a from Google, we've operated under this idea that we might pay a higher price than we did for the Pixel 7a, which was more expensive than the Pixel 6a that came before it. Now, a fresh report suggests the price...

Verizon Increases Smartwatch Plan Price by $5

Kellen April 26, 2024 15

Fresh of its price increases from a month ago for its best (and no-longer-available) unlimited plans, Verizon announced that it is going to increase the price of its smartwatch plans starting in June. Notices went out yesterday afternoon, telling customers...

Google I/O ’24 Schedule Teases Android 15, Wear OS 5, and New Android TV OS Updates

Kellen April 25, 2024 3

Google I/O 2024 is scheduled for a May 14 start, so to get us all ready, Google has posted the schedule of events. If you are a developer or just an Android/Google ecosystem nerd, you might want to pay attention. My understanding of I/O 2024 is that Google is...

Android 15 Beta 1.2 Released in Record Time to Fix More Bugs

Kellen April 25, 2024 2

It has been only 3 days since we shared news of Android 15 Beta 1.1's arrival and we're already back to tell you about yet another update. Google just released Android 15 Beta 1.2 as another small update that aims to fix a handful of bugs, all of which must be...

Confirmed: Google to Release a Pixel Tablet Without Dock, Sell Pen and Bluetooth Keyboard

Kellen April 25, 2024 7

Google announced the Pixel Tablet almost a year ago to the date, only to then release it in June at a starting price of $499. That starting price included Google's weird docking station for the tablet, a docking station severely lacking in features and that...