Kellen, Author at Droid Life

T-Mobile’s New Prepaid Plans are Pretty Underwhelming

Kellen June 18, 2025 3

The prepaid wireless market is the place I think most should put their focus at the moment if they are carrier shopping, mostly because the standard carrier plans are insanely priced these days and have stripped out most of the features that once made them...

Galaxy Watch 8 Colors, Sizes Sound Good Enough

Kellen June 17, 2025 15

The latest word on the Galaxy Watch 8 and new Galaxy Watch Ultra tell us that we'll get some choices, just not all of the choices we had in the past. And by "choices," I mean that our choices in sizes and colors sound both familiar and slightly limited. Galaxy...

Google Starts Teasing Pixel 10

Kellen June 17, 2025 2

A few weeks ago, Google posted one of its "#BestPhonesForever" ads to poke fun at Apple for reportedly copying the Pixel design with its upcoming iPhone 17 redesign. This video was pointing out rumors of such a redesign, but it did so by noting that a bunch of...

Nothing Phone 3 Will Have a Snapdragon 8s Gen 4

Kellen June 17, 2025 10

The Nothing Phone 3 is coming on July 1 and that means we have at least two weeks left of day-by-day teases before it all becomes fully revealed. Today, Nothing is telling us that the Snapdragon 8s Gen 4 will be inside the phone. Nothing Phone 3 specs trickle:...

Some Pixel 6a Devices to Receive Update to Address Battery Overheating

Kellen June 11, 2025 5

Following in the footsteps of the Pixel 4a, Google is preparing an update for some Pixel 6a units that will reduce their charging performance and battery capacity. The move comes on the heels of reports of Pixel 6a units catching fire while charging. Pixel 6a...

No One Can Find Google’s New Pixel VIPs Feature

Kellen June 11, 2025 27

One of the few new features introduced in the June Pixel Feature Drop yesterday is missing for almost everyone. Google's new Pixel VIPs feature, which is essentially the headline new goodie of this latest drop, appears to be slowly rolling out as a server-side...

Android 16’s Desktop Mode Arrived in QPR1 Beta 2, Here’s What It Can Do

Kellen June 11, 2025 6

Back at Google I/O, Google announced that it was indeed making a desktop mode or desktop windowing feature for Android 16 that would allow you to connect a phone to a display and get a desktop-like experience. They had worked with Samsung on it, because of...

Android 16 QPR1 Beta 2 Update Arrives With 7 Big Fixes

Kellen June 10, 2025 5

Google apparently isn't done for the day - you want more Android 16? After giving us stable Android 16, as well as both Pixel and Android Feature Drops, Google says that the Android 16 QPR1 Beta 2 is arriving at some point (it just went live as I was typing...