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Kellen @ Droid Life 1 place · 12/15/2023 15:05 EDT

Samsung Knocks Up to $785 Off Galaxy Z Flip 5 in Discover Deal (10% Off, $600 Trade, More)

Holiday deals run for almost 3 months these days, so keeping track of what’s the best or is still a good option can be difficult to keep track of. Thankfully, for this year, Samsung has given us one place to find their best deals that have been as good, if not better than launch deals … Continued Read the original post: Samsung Knocks Up to $785 Off Galaxy Z Flip... Read more

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Kellen @ Droid Life 1 place · 12/15/2023 13:08 EDT

Nothing OS 2.5 and Android 14 Update Hit Phone 2

Owners of the Nothing Phone 2 have a big weekend ahead of them – Nothing OS 2.5 and Android 14 are officially here in stable format after being in testing for two full months. The massive update was announced as rolling out by Nothing this morning. With the update to Android 14, Nothing is changing … Continued Read the original post: Nothing OS 2.5 and Android 14 Update Hit Phone... Read more

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Tim @ Droid Life 1 place · 12/15/2023 12:01 EDT

GIVEAWAY: Win a Pixel 8 Pro From Droid Life!

It’s nearly the end of 2023 and instead of a boring recap, we figured it would be much more exciting to give away a brand spankin’ new Pixel 8 Pro. We think that sounds much better. In the spirit of things, we’re going to make entering this giveaway very simple. In the widget below, we … Continued Read the original post: GIVEAWAY: Win a Pixel 8 Pro From Droid Life! Read more

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Kellen @ Droid Life 2 place · 12/15/2023 11:23 EDT

OnePlus Sets January 23 as OnePlus 12 US Launch Date, OnePlus 12R to Join It

The OnePlus 12 has already launched in China, with specs and design elements revealed. The phone is no longer any sort of mystery, but that still doesn’t mean we aren’t curious when the new flagship-level phone will hit our shores and our hands. OnePlus gave us that date today, plus we know of a surprise device … Continued Read the original post: OnePlus Sets January 23 as OnePlus 12 US... Read more

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Tim @ Droid Life · 12/14/2023 15:29 EDT

Report: Pixel Phones Getting Personal AI Assistant Called Pixie

Things like Google Assistant, Siri, and Alexa are fine. They can follow basic commands and help speed up certain actions. While that’s cool enough, with all of the AI hype and advancement over the past couple of years, it’s now being reported that Pixel phone owners may soon benefit from a brand new AI-powered personal … Continued Read the original post: Report: Pixel Phones Getting Personal AI Assistant Called Pixie Read more

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Tim @ Droid Life 2 place · 12/14/2023 12:17 EDT

Pixel Buds Pro Gets Coveted Quick Phrases Feature

The Google team announced Quick Phrases for Pixel Buds Pro this week, the same Quick Phrases feature that came to its line of smart displays last year following an announcement at Google I/O. With Quick Phrases, your Google Assistant can perform select tasks without the need for saying, “Hey, Google.” At launch, functionality is a … Continued Read the original post: Pixel Buds Pro Gets Coveted Quick Phrases Feature Read more

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Kellen @ Droid Life 3 place · 12/14/2023 11:49 EDT

Samsung December Updates Arrive on Several Devices

When it comes to updates, December is expected to be pretty chill for Samsung devices. Most of Samsung’s best phones and foldables all received a huge update to Android 14 and One UI 6 in November, so for this month, a security patch should be all that arrives. We are midway through December and Samsung … Continued Read the original post: Samsung December Updates Arrive on Several Devices Read more

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Kellen @ Droid Life 3 place · 12/13/2023 19:13 EDT

Setting Up Pixel Watch’s “Watch Unlock” is Pretty Easy

As a part of the December update for the Pixel Watch and Pixel Watch 2, Google added the ability for your watch to unlock your phone. Now that the December updates seem to be widely rolling out to both phones and watches, let’s talk about how you can setup this new unlock option. For those … Continued Read the original post: Setting Up Pixel Watch’s “Watch Unlock” is Pretty Easy Read more

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Kellen @ Droid Life · 12/13/2023 18:20 EDT

Samsung’s Galaxy Z Fold 5 is 20% Off Plus $1,000 Trade-in, Free Storage Upgrade (Updated)

That wild time of Samsung dropping an extra 25% off the Galaxy Z Fold 5 if you shopped through their app has come to a close, but the electronics giant is still willing to give you a big discount as a last minute holiday deal shopper. Would you still take $1,000 off from a trade … Continued Read the original post: Samsung’s Galaxy Z Fold 5 is 20% Off Plus... Read more

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Tim @ Droid Life · 12/13/2023 14:45 EDT

Pixel 8 Pro Owners, Have You Tried Video Boost Yet?

In the latest December update for Pixel 8 Pro owners, Google introduced a feature called Video Boost, located in the settings menu when you’re in video mode. In Google’s words, users can use Video Boost to record videos in higher quality with enhanced lighting, stabilization, and definition. In simple terms, it should make even crappy … Continued Read the original post: Pixel 8 Pro Owners, Have You Tried Video Boost... Read more

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Kellen @ Droid Life 2 place · 12/13/2023 13:16 EDT

What are You Loving Most From the December Pixel Feature Drop?

It may have taken a full week or so for the full rollout to commence, but at this point, assuming you are into getting updates in a hurry, you should have received the December Pixel Feature Drop. If you own a Pixel 5a or Pixel 6 Pro or Pixel 7 or Pixel Fold or Pixel … Continued Read the original post: What are You Loving Most From the December Pixel... Read more

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Tim @ Droid Life 1 place · 12/13/2023 12:03 EDT

Google Maps Getting On-Device Timeline Saves, Ability to Scrub Whereabouts

Google Maps is getting more timeline control, from on-device saves (and encrypted cloud saves), to the ability to scrub specific locations from your timeline should you potentially have something worth removing. As announced, Timeline will soon be created and saved directly on your smartphone. As you may or may not know, Timeline is off by … Continued Read the original post: Google Maps Getting On-Device Timeline Saves, Ability to Scrub... Read more

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Tim @ Droid Life · 12/12/2023 17:47 EDT

Jury Decides Google Has App Store Monopoly and Usually That’s Bad

A jury has recently decided that Google has turned Google Play (its app store) and Google Play Billing service into an illegal monopoly. For a bit of backstory, if you aren’t someone who keeps up with this stuff, this drama can be traced all the way back to around 2020 when Epic Games, the creator … Continued Read the original post: Jury Decides Google Has App Store Monopoly and Usually... Read more

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Tim @ Droid Life 3 place · 12/12/2023 14:39 EDT

Google TV’s Live Tab Gets New Local News, Recents Categories

Google has been upgrading Google TV-powered devices over the course of 2023. In an announcement/recap of sorts, Google highlights what’s been going on with Google TV, as well as what’s new this month. The big changes in 2023 include improved speed and storage, thanks to reworks of how Google TV loads the home page’s recommendations, … Continued Read the original post: Google TV’s Live Tab Gets New Local News, Recents... Read more

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Kellen @ Droid Life · 12/12/2023 13:52 EDT

Samsung Hits Galaxy Z Fold 5 With $1,000 Trade-in, Free Storage Upgrade

That wild time of Samsung dropping an extra 25% off the Galaxy Z Fold 5 if you shopped through their app has come to a close, but the electronics giant is still willing to give you a big discount as a last minute holiday deal shopper. Would you still take $1,000 off from a trade … Continued Read the original post: Samsung Hits Galaxy Z Fold 5 With $1,000 Trade-in,... Read more

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Kellen @ Droid Life 3 place · 12/12/2023 12:31 EDT

Mobvoi Says It is Finally Updating Old Watches to Wear OS 3, Which is Years Old

Google announced Wear OS 4 as the new version of its wearable platform at Google I/O in May of this year. They then finalized the build and let it ship first on Samsung’s Galaxy Watch 6 line in July before letting Samsung update its Galaxy Watch 5 and Watch 4 lines throughout the next several … Continued Read the original post: Mobvoi Says It is Finally Updating Old Watches to... Read more

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Tim @ Droid Life · 12/12/2023 12:30 EDT

Private Space, Google’s Own Secure Folder, Looks Pretty Sweet

For years, Samsung has had Secure Folder, a feature that allows Galaxy device owners to hide and protect selected apps from outside parties. It’s a feature that many non-Galaxy phone owners have wanted, and in a bit of happy news to end 2023, it appears that a native version is currently being built by Google … Continued Read the original post: Private Space, Google’s Own Secure Folder, Looks Pretty Sweet Read more

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Kellen @ Droid Life · 12/12/2023 11:57 EDT

Want to Edit Sent Google Messages? Google Might Soon Let You

I can’t recall the exact moment it happened – probably during the early days of Twitter – but the initial cries for editable Tweets seemed to quickly move their way toward regular messaging platforms. People were typing faster than ever or autocorrect had become even more of a menace, and folks wanted to be able … Continued Read the original post: Want to Edit Sent Google Messages? Google Might Soon... Read more

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Kellen @ Droid Life · 12/12/2023 01:00 EDT

Google Posts Then Pulls Verizon Pixel 8, Pixel 7 Updates for December

When Google released the big December update for Pixel devices last week, they only announced a single build number for all supported phones, foldables, and tablets. We assumed that meant they were down to a single build for this update rather than various builds depending on carrier. As it turns out, Verizon folks with a … Continued Read the original post: Google Posts Then Pulls Verizon Pixel 8, Pixel 7... Read more

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Kellen @ Droid Life 3 place · 12/11/2023 14:28 EDT

Android 14 QPR2 Beta 2 Released for Pixel Devices

Google pushed out a new Android 14 QPR2 Beta update this week as Beta 2. This new update is available immediately for all still-supported Pixel devices from the Pixel 5a up through the new Pixel 8 and Pixel 8 Pro. The update could be minor, but is labeled as a full jump from Beta 1 … Continued Read the original post: Android 14 QPR2 Beta 2 Released for Pixel Devices Read more

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