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Tim @ Droid Life · 11/20/2024 15:33 EDT

Rick and Morty’s Butter Bot is Real, Powered by AI and Shipping Next Year

I admit, we don’t talk about Rick and Morty enough around these parts. That’s my fault, as I only started getting into the show somewhat recently. However, when ranking my favorite things about the show, right behind Pickle Rick would have to be Butter Bot. And because the future kicks so much ass, Butter Bot … Continued Read the original post: Rick and Morty’s Butter Bot is Real, Powered by... Read more ›

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Kellen @ Droid Life · 01/30/2024 19:24 EDT

Google is Helping Pixel Phones Easily Upgrade Accounts to Passkeys

In the middle of last year, Google began its assault on the password by introducing passkeys. These passkeys were brought in as the future of logging into things, as they utilize other devices around you to confirm you are you, instead of asking you to rely on passwords that aren’t quite as secure. Today, Google announced that … Continued Read the original post: Google is Helping Pixel Phones Easily Upgrade... Read more ›

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Tim @ Droid Life 3 place · 01/30/2024 18:15 EDT

That Wear OS Material You Upgrade is Very Close

Early last year, it was first reported that Google would bring Material You’s dynamic colors to Wear OS. Google’s own code pointed to this happening, but the code obviously didn’t tell us when it would get implemented. This week, it’s more of the same, with newly discovered code detailing not just dynamic colors for Wear … Continued Read the original post: That Wear OS Material You Upgrade is Very Close Read more ›

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Tim @ Droid Life · 01/30/2024 16:08 EDT

DEAL: Brand New Unlocked Pixel 8 for Only $539 ($160 Off!)

For what will be a limited time, the good people over at Woot! are selling a new, unlocked Pixel 8 for only $539. That’s a discount of $160. That’s below Black Friday pricing, just to be clear. You could sometimes see that there’d be a drawback with those high of savings, such as the phone … Continued Read the original post: DEAL: Brand New Unlocked Pixel 8 for Only $539... Read more ›

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Kellen @ Droid Life 3 place · 01/30/2024 14:04 EDT

Samsung, Seriously, I Need a Vertical App Drawer With Quick Search

Every couple of years, we appear to bring back our begging for Samsung to give us what we need. Since they haven’t listened, for the launch of the Galaxy S24, we’ll go ahead and do it again. We’ll then do it again in another couple of years until our requests are finally met. Give me … Continued Read the original post: Samsung, Seriously, I Need a Vertical App Drawer With... Read more ›

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Tim @ Droid Life 2 place · 01/30/2024 12:39 EDT

Samsung Thinks Plenty of People Would Pay for Galaxy AI

Since launch, even though there’s been a positive reception from most, we can’t help but feel there’s a dark and potentially ominous cloud over Galaxy AI. While its features are exciting and useful, we learned shortly after unveiling that even though it launches as free to use on the Galaxy S24 lineup, that may not … Continued Read the original post: Samsung Thinks Plenty of People Would Pay for Galaxy... Read more ›

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Kellen @ Droid Life 2 place · 01/29/2024 14:43 EDT

Galaxy S24 Ultra Pre-Orders at $870 Off Almost Done

The Galaxy S24 Series was announced almost two weeks ago now, which means pre-orders and all of their special bonuses are about to come to an end. To get max value out of the gate on a new phone, now would be the time to save as much as you can on the Galaxy S24 … Continued Read the original post: Galaxy S24 Ultra Pre-Orders at $870 Off Almost Done Read more ›

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Kellen @ Droid Life 2 place · 01/29/2024 13:21 EDT

Google Arts & Culture App Uses AI to Make Your Selfies Hilariously Artsy

Need more AI in your life? No, you don’t. You absolutely do not, even if tech execs will try and tell you for the next several years, at everyone opportunity, that you do. However, you could always use more toys to play with that can create the goofiest of imagery and so we’re here to … Continued Read the original post: Google Arts & Culture App Uses AI to Make... Read more ›

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Kellen @ Droid Life 3 place · 01/29/2024 11:08 EDT

Fossil is Done Making Wear OS Watches

Wear OS has officially lost one of its biggest partners – Fossil is calling it quits on smartwatches powered by Google’s wearable platform. Surprised to hear that? While no official word arrived until recent days, rumors have circulated for some time in the depths of reddit that Fossil may be planning an exit. The sources … Continued Read the original post: Fossil is Done Making Wear OS Watches Read more ›

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Kellen @ Droid Life 1 place · 01/26/2024 14:22 EDT

Early Reactions to the Pixel 9 Design: Love or iPhone? Yes.

The minute I saw the supposed renders of the upcoming Pixel 9 and Pixel 9 Pro, I joked with Tim that if these turned out to be real, Google’s next phone would be phone of the decade. My second thought was that Android purists were going to absolutely hate its iPhone-esque design and completely dump … Continued Read the original post: Early Reactions to the Pixel 9 Design: Love or... Read more ›

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Tim @ Droid Life 2 place · 01/26/2024 12:52 EDT

Galaxy S24 Ultra Review: Such a Good Phone

We’re back at the top of the year cycle in 2024, meaning we have new Samsung Galaxy devices to play with. Fittingly, it’s the Galaxy S24 series and in-house we have the Galaxy S24 Ultra. The cream of the crop. The pièce de résistance. The flagship. For Samsung phones, the Ultra has it all. It … Continued Read the original post: Galaxy S24 Ultra Review: Such a Good Phone Read more ›

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Kellen @ Droid Life 3 place · 01/26/2024 11:04 EDT

Yep, Verizon is Raising Rates on Unlimited Plans and You Likely Just Got Notified

There’s a chance that you missed out on the breaking news last week and are finding out yesterday for the first time, thanks to a Verizon email that landed in your inbox. Yes, Verizon is raising rates on some of its best unlimited data plans. Again, this news first hit last week, but Verizon has … Continued Read the original post: Yep, Verizon is Raising Rates on Unlimited Plans and... Read more ›

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Kellen @ Droid Life 1 place · 01/25/2024 12:04 EDT

T-Mobile Tuesdays App Officially Switches to “T Life”

The new T Life app from T-Mobile is starting to rollout to devices as the replacement for T-Mobile Tuesdays. The teases for this big app change showed up earlier in the month, so we knew this was coming and yet it still seems like a worthy item to point out. RIP, T-Mobile Tuesdays. What is … Continued Read the original post: T-Mobile Tuesdays App Officially Switches to “T Life” Read more ›

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Kellen @ Droid Life 2 place · 01/25/2024 11:04 EDT

Galaxy S24 Pre-Orders are Shipping Super Early

When pre-orders for the Galaxy S24 Series opened on January 17, shortly after Unpacked wrapped, Samsung told us that orders should arrive by the in-store launch date of January 31. If that triggered your eyes to look at a calendar, then you know that we are still a full week from that date, yet I’m … Continued Read the original post: Galaxy S24 Pre-Orders are Shipping Super Early Read more ›

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Kellen @ Droid Life · 01/24/2024 19:34 EDT

Pixel Phones Get Surprise January Feature Drop: Here’s Everything Included

We don’t typically see Pixel Feature Drops unless we have reached time for a quarterly Android update to hit Pixel devices. As an example, we received the December Feature Drop with a big quarterly update and then immediately started testing the upcoming March quarterly update, where we assumed the next Feature Drop would land alongside … Continued Read the original post: Pixel Phones Get Surprise January Feature Drop: Here’s Everything... Read more ›

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Kellen @ Droid Life 3 place · 01/24/2024 19:34 EDT

Pixel 8 and Pixel 8 Pro in Mint Color Now Available

This release is no longer much of a surprise, so we’ll keep it short and let you get to shopping – the Pixel 8 and Pixel 8 Pro now come in a Mint colorway. You’ve seen it, thanks to the usual leaks, but here are both phones in the crispiest imagery yet. Both the Pixel … Continued Read the original post: Pixel 8 and Pixel 8 Pro in Mint Color... Read more ›

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Tim @ Droid Life · 01/24/2024 14:27 EDT

Android 14 QPR2 Beta 3.1 Released for Pixel Phones!

It’s apparently Pixel week, folks. Google is now pushing out Android 14 QPR2 Beta 3.1 to supported Pixel devices. This is a bug squasher update, but after looking at the changelog, there was apparently a lot of bugs that needed fixing. Google specifically lists the update as “minor,” but inside you’ll find fixes for Quick … Continued Read the original post: Android 14 QPR2 Beta 3.1 Released for Pixel Phones! Read more ›

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Tim @ Droid Life · 01/24/2024 13:44 EDT

Here’s the Google Pixel 9

Yesterday, the Android world was treated to early renders of the Pixel 9 Pro. Everyone had an opinion on them, both positive and negative, but now we’re getting what could be our first look at the smaller Pixel 9 device. The phone matches what we saw from the Pixel 9 Pro renders almost exactly, even … Continued Read the original post: Here’s the Google Pixel 9 Read more ›

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Kellen @ Droid Life · 01/24/2024 12:52 EDT

Pixel 8a Retail Box Shows Up to Tease Us

My brain is still mostly focused on the Pixel 9 Pro renders from yesterday and it doesn’t really want to switch off of that. If those renders are the real deal, Google is about to accept bundles of cash from me in the near future. But hey, we might be 10 months from that release, … Continued Read the original post: Pixel 8a Retail Box Shows Up to Tease Us Read more ›

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Tim @ Droid Life · 01/24/2024 12:37 EDT

T-Mobile Customers, You Can Now Claim Your Free Hulu Subscription

Earlier this month, T-Mobile announced that it would be adding a free Hulu subscription to its list of perks for select plan subscribers. That perk is now live, with Go5G Next plan subscribers now able to redeem the offer. This perk has an annual value of nearly $100, as typically a subscription to the ad-free … Continued Read the original post: T-Mobile Customers, You Can Now Claim Your Free Hulu... Read more ›

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Tim @ Droid Life · 01/24/2024 11:26 EDT

Here’s the Pixel 8 Pro in Mint

This week, we’re expecting Google to release the Pixel 8 and Pixel 8 Pro in a brand new Mint color. The issue is, who has time for Google to release official images? Thanks to the interwebz, we now have an early look at the upcoming color option. Courtesy of @evleaks, we have a look at … Continued Read the original post: Here’s the Pixel 8 Pro in Mint Read more ›

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