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Kellen @ Droid Life 3 place · 11/13/2024 13:43 EDT

Pixel Phones Get New Scam Detection in Their Phone App

Because scammers love to call and impersonate places like your bank, Google is introducing a new Scam Detection feature for its Pixel phones that is a part of the Phone by Google app. The idea behind Scam Detection is to, well, detect scams in real-time using AI on your device in order to warn you of … Continued Read the original post: Pixel Phones Get New Scam Detection in Their... Read more ›

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Tim @ Droid Life · 11/18/2024 17:00 EDT

DEAL: Samsung Doubling Storage for Free, Offers $800 Instant Credit Towards Galaxy S24 Ultra

The Black Friday deals are still in effect over on Samsung’s website, this time with the company changing up the deal to maybe persuade a few more folks to purchase what’s easily one of the best Android phones of 2024, the Galaxy S24 Ultra. Get Galaxy S24 Ultra for $449 The deal is simple enough. … Continued Read the original post: DEAL: Samsung Doubling Storage for Free, Offers $800 Instant... Read more ›

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Tim @ Droid Life 3 place · 11/18/2024 13:35 EDT

Report: Google Working on High-End Pixel Laptop

Detailed in a leaked internal email, it appears that Google is now working on a high-end, Pixel-branded laptop, supposedly with the goal of competing against laptops like the MacBook Pro, Dell XPS, and Microsoft Surface Laptop. Reported to feature the internal codename Snowy, there are no specific details yet known, other than that Google has … Continued Read the original post: Report: Google Working on High-End Pixel Laptop Read more ›

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Tim @ Droid Life · 11/18/2024 12:57 EDT

Report: Galaxy S25 Series Gets Snapdragon 8 Elite, Not Exynos

As we approach 2025, it’s very fitting that we would learn more potential details concerning Samsung’s upcoming Galaxy S25 lineup. We’re expecting Samsung to launch these devices in Q1 of next year, with the latest detail pertaining to the chipset we’ll reportedly see powering these devices. And don’t worry, it’s very good news. According to … Continued Read the original post: Report: Galaxy S25 Series Gets Snapdragon 8 Elite, Not... Read more ›

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Tim @ Droid Life 3 place · 11/18/2024 11:58 EDT

Google Play’s Best Apps and Games of 2024 Lists are Live

Discovering new apps and games can sometimes be hard, so yearly when Google announces its favorite titles for the year, it helps me and probably others find new things to play with. This year, we have lots of titles to explore for Google’s Best Apps and Games of 2024. Best app went to Partiful while … Continued Read the original post: Google Play’s Best Apps and Games of 2024 Lists... Read more ›

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Kellen @ Droid Life 1 place · 11/17/2024 12:04 EDT

Pixel 9 and Pixel 9 Pro Black Friday Prices Go Live Early

The plan from Google was to make their Pixel 9 Pro Black Friday deals available starting November 21 through the Google Store. That still appears to be the plan, but its retail partners are dropping prices ahead of time. The Pixel 9 Pro and Pixel 9 Pro XL are both $150 right now if you are … Continued Read the original post: Pixel 9 and Pixel 9 Pro Black Friday... Read more ›

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Tim @ Droid Life 1 place · 11/15/2024 15:31 EDT

Galaxy S21 Series Snags November Security Patch

Samsung is primed to begin shipping the November security patch to owners of the Galaxy S21 series. That’s five devices in total, as there are two SKUs for the Galaxy S21 FE on Verizon, along with the standard S21, S21+, and S21 Ultra. Nothing is listed in the changelog besides “the most up to date … Continued Read the original post: Galaxy S21 Series Snags November Security Patch Read more ›

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Tim @ Droid Life 2 place · 11/15/2024 11:49 EDT

Samsung Wallet Gets Audi Key Support, Coming Soon to US

Samsung has been teasing digital car keys for quite some time (January, 2021), but we have only begun to see the feature become available from very select automakers. This week, it was announced that Audi is the latest car company that can have digital keys stored inside of Samsung Wallet. Powered by ultra-wideband (UWB) technology … Continued Read the original post: Samsung Wallet Gets Audi Key Support, Coming Soon to... Read more ›

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Kellen @ Droid Life 2 place · 11/14/2024 15:09 EDT

All These Pixel 9 Pro Cases are $5 and Spigen Makes Them

You all know Spigen, right? They’ve made quality cases and other tech-related accessories over the years with prices that are typically quite reasonable. Did you know they have another company called Cyrill? It’s OK, I didn’t either. They are worth knowing about, though, because at the moment they are running a case sale that gets … Continued Read the original post: All These Pixel 9 Pro Cases are $5 and... Read more ›

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Kellen @ Droid Life 3 place · 11/14/2024 13:20 EDT

Fitbit Ace LTE’s New Update Adds Family Communications, Quests, More

The Fitbit Ace LTE is Google’s kid smartwatch that parents can use to communicate with their families or track their location, while the kids get some games, an introduction into daily fitness goals, and their first smartwatch experience. While not a perfect device by any means, the Fitbit Ace LTE has been a welcomed addition … Continued Read the original post: Fitbit Ace LTE’s New Update Adds Family Communications, Quests,... Read more ›

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Tim @ Droid Life 3 place · 11/14/2024 12:47 EDT

DEAL: Galaxy Ring for $179, Its Lowest Price Yet ($220 Off)

We don’t see Galaxy Ring get discounted often for whatever reason Samsung has, but even this little health and wellness-focused wearable isn’t impervious to Black Friday deals. Over on Samsung’s website, you can snag a Galaxy Ring at up to $100 off thanks to an instant trade-in discount. To get the biggest credit, you’ll need … Continued Read the original post: DEAL: Galaxy Ring for $179, Its Lowest Price Yet... Read more ›

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Kellen @ Droid Life 1 place · 11/14/2024 12:00 EDT

Google’s Gemini App Lands on iPhone

The iPhone is getting its own Gemini app from Google today. The new AI assistant app is available for free right away. Since Apple limits almost everything that 3rd party apps can do on an iPhone and in iOS, you might be wondering how this could be any sort of useful. Well, let’s just go … Continued Read the original post: Google’s Gemini App Lands on iPhone Read more ›

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Tim @ Droid Life · 11/14/2024 11:35 EDT

Teslogic Brings Android to Your Tesla, Already Fully Funded (Updated)

My wife has a Tesla that she loves, and while I admit the software is pretty slick and continuously getting updated, there are times where I think to myself that it would be much more cool if it was running Android. Having access to whatever apps I want instead of waiting for Tesla to implement … Continued Read the original post: Teslogic Brings Android to Your Tesla, Already Fully Funded... Read more ›

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Tim @ Droid Life · 11/13/2024 15:46 EDT

DEAL: Save $1450 on Galaxy Z Fold 6, $500 Off Even Without Trade-in

Samsung’s early Black Friday deals continue, this time for the Galaxy Z Fold 6. If you were patient and opted to wait a few weeks or months to snag Samsung’s latest foldable device, that wait is going to pay off. In total, there is up to $1450 in savings to be had, as well as … Continued Read the original post: DEAL: Save $1450 on Galaxy Z Fold 6, $500... Read more ›

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Kellen @ Droid Life · 11/13/2024 14:08 EDT

Google Play Protect Gets Live Threat Detection of Dangerous Apps

We just got done telling you about Pixel phones and their new real-time Scam Detection for calls, but Google actually has a second part to today’s security announcements. Google Play is getting its own real-time threat detection service to let you know if an app is harmful and what actions you can take. As you … Continued Read the original post: Google Play Protect Gets Live Threat Detection of Dangerous... Read more ›

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Kellen @ Droid Life 3 place · 11/13/2024 13:43 EDT

Pixel Phones Get New Scam Detection in Their Phone App

Because scammers love to call and impersonate places like your bank, Google is introducing a new Scam Detection feature for its Pixel phones that is a part of the Phone by Google app. The idea behind Scam Detection is to, well, detect scams in real-time using AI on your device in order to warn you of … Continued Read the original post: Pixel Phones Get New Scam Detection in Their... Read more ›

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Tim @ Droid Life 2 place · 11/13/2024 11:55 EDT

Pixel 5a Gets November Patch, Reaches End of Update Road

As of August, Google is no longer listed as supporting the Pixel 5a with either major OS upgrades or monthly/quarterly security updates. The phone has essentially reached the end of the road in terms of updates, but to our surprise, it’s receiving the November patch this week. The software version number for this build of … Continued Read the original post: Pixel 5a Gets November Patch, Reaches End of Update... Read more ›

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Kellen @ Droid Life · 11/13/2024 11:26 EDT

Google’s Black Friday Pixel 9 Pro Deal is $150 Off

Those pre-Black Friday deals on the Pixel 9 and Pixel 9 Pro Fold were fun, but as we mentioned at the time of those going live, many of us were really waiting to see what Google would do with the regular Pixel 9 Pro and Pixel 9 Pro XL for Black Friday weekend. Today, we … Continued Read the original post: Google’s Black Friday Pixel 9 Pro Deal is $150... Read more ›

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Tim @ Droid Life · 11/12/2024 19:07 EDT

Your Google Home is Getting New Gemini-Powered Features

The Google Home team announced a whole bunch of new and exciting features for users this week, mostly thanks to the injection of Gemini into the service. For Nest users, Gemini can now view your clips and understand what it’s looking at, then provide descriptions on what has happened in your clips. For example, it … Continued Read the original post: Your Google Home is Getting New Gemini-Powered Features Read more ›

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Kellen @ Droid Life · 11/12/2024 15:47 EDT

Pixel Watch Won’t See Another Update Until March 2025

The November Pixel Watch update is rolling out as soon as today to the Pixel Watch 1, Pixel Watch 2, and Pixel Watch 3. For the earlier models, this means a resumption of the Wear OS 5 update that caused some issues back in September. For the Pixel Watch 3, this appears to be a … Continued Read the original post: Pixel Watch Won’t See Another Update Until March 2025 Read more ›

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Kellen @ Droid Life · 11/12/2024 14:22 EDT

Android 15 QPR2 Beta 1 is Here for Pixel Devices!

Google teased the kick off of Android 15 QPR2 Beta 1 as coming “soon” at the beginning of the month. Today, they went ahead and flipped the release switch to “ON” and dropped the next big Android 15 update on us in beta form. If you like to test beta software on Pixel phones and … Continued Read the original post: Android 15 QPR2 Beta 1 is Here for Pixel... Read more ›

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