Kellen, Author at Droid Life

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...

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...