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Tim @ Droid Life 2 place · 10/11/2023 12:19 EDT

Like Clockwork, T-Mobile Forcing Customers Onto More Expensive Plans

T-Mobile is about to do one of the most egregious acts a carrier can do: it’s going to force subscribers of select unlimited plans onto more expensive plans and then grant the subscriber a limited opportunity to revert the carrier’s forced changes should they be unhappy with it. This sounds about par for the US … Continued Read the original post: Like Clockwork, T-Mobile Forcing Customers Onto More Expensive Plans Read more ›

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Kellen @ Droid Life · 10/11/2023 11:27 EDT

Nothing Phone (2) Gets Android 14 Beta With Several New Features

Nothing has started to ship Nothing OS 2.5 to the Nothing Phone (2) this week, although it is in beta form. This is Android 14 as well, and an early chance for Phone (2) owners to see what’s next from Nothing in terms of software. In a community post, Nothing explains that this is a … Continued Read the original post: Nothing Phone (2) Gets Android 14 Beta With Several... Read more ›

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Kellen @ Droid Life · 10/10/2023 18:21 EDT

Galaxy S23 Ultra and Friends Up to $350 Off

Amazon’s Prime Day of Big Dealness continues to show off big discounts on all of the toys, like all of Samsung’s best stuff. We showed you that excellent Galaxy Fold 5 deal earlier, so let’s now talk about the Galaxy S23 series, which is up to $350 off. The Galaxy S23, Galaxy S23+, and Galaxy … Continued Read the original post: Galaxy S23 Ultra and Friends Up to $350 Off Read more ›

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Tim @ Droid Life · 10/10/2023 18:20 EDT

Thanks to Court Ruling, You Can Add Your Google Speaker to Multiple Groups

A federal judge recently found that two patents belonging to Sonos are invalid. These same patents were being used by Sonos to stop Google from allowing Nest and Google speakers from belonging to multiple speaker groups in the same household. For us consumers, it was a silly legal thing that we had to deal with. … Continued Read the original post: Thanks to Court Ruling, You Can Add Your Google... Read more ›

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Kellen @ Droid Life · 10/10/2023 15:28 EDT

Google Drops Pixel 8 and Pixel 8 Pro Factory Images on Us

Should your Pixel 8 or Pixel 8 Pro show up tomorrow on launch day, there will be factory images available in case you tinker too hard. Tinkering used to be a thing we did with Google’s phones, but the time of the root bro seems so far in the past. I couldn’t actually tell you … Continued Read the original post: Google Drops Pixel 8 and Pixel 8 Pro Factory... Read more ›

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Tim @ Droid Life · 10/10/2023 14:42 EDT

Google Now Enables Passkey Option by Default

Passkeys, what Google hopes to eventually replace your typical passwords with, are now getting enabled by default for personal Google account users. What does that even mean? Put simply, users will now begin to see prompts to create and use passkeys for supported services and apps. Google also notes that you’ll start seeing a “Skip … Continued Read the original post: Google Now Enables Passkey Option by Default Read more ›

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Kellen @ Droid Life · 10/10/2023 12:37 EDT

Galaxy Z Fold 5 Grabs $400 Off Discount for Prime Deals

Want a good Prime Big Deal Days option from one of the most expensive Android devices around? Samsung’s Galaxy Z Fold 5 is $400 off. Yeah, just a straight $400 discount on a phone that typically pushes itself close to the $2,000 mark at retail. There are no trade-ins required, you simply get cash off … Continued Read the original post: Galaxy Z Fold 5 Grabs $400 Off Discount for... Read more ›

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Tim @ Droid Life · 10/10/2023 12:02 EDT

OnePlus Slashing Prices for Prime Day, OnePlus Pad Down to $399 ($80 Off)

It’s Prime Day over at Amazon. OnePlus, who does sell its devices via Amazon, is taking part in the celebration and has multiple devices currently discounted for a limited time. During Prime Day, you can find the OnePlus 11, OnePlus Pad (review), and OnePlus Buds Pro 2 all discounted. At the discounted pricing, you can … Continued Read the original post: OnePlus Slashing Prices for Prime Day, OnePlus Pad Down... Read more ›

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Kellen @ Droid Life 3 place · 10/10/2023 10:20 EDT

Google Slaps Pixel Watch All the Way Down to $209

The Pixel Watch 2 will arrive in a few days on store shelves and as a bundle with pre-orders for the Pixel 8 Pro. By all means, it appears to be a solid upgrade over the original Pixel Watch that is now a full year old. Still, if you can find a Pixel Watch at … Continued Read the original post: Google Slaps Pixel Watch All the Way Down to... Read more ›

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Kellen @ Droid Life · 10/10/2023 10:07 EDT

Google Swipes $90 Off Pixel Tablet With Dock

There’s something called “Prime Big Deal Days” happening right now as a pre-Black Friday sales event, so if you are looking to get holiday shopping done early, Amazon is here for you. Because this event appears to be a big enough deal, all of our favorite electronics are seeing solid discounts. The Google Pixel Tablet … Continued Read the original post: Google Swipes $90 Off Pixel Tablet With Dock Read more ›

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Kellen @ Droid Life · 10/09/2023 16:24 EDT

Gmail Emoji Reactions are Here as a Thing

Gmail is getting smarter and smarter at responding to emails for you, whether that’s through autocomplete as you type or with an AI bot of some sort that Google is testing in labs. Rolling out this month, we have yet another way to quickly respond to someone, maybe the quickest of them all. Emoji reactions … Continued Read the original post: Gmail Emoji Reactions are Here as a Thing Read more ›

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Kellen @ Droid Life · 10/09/2023 13:27 EDT

Upgrade Pixel 7 Pro to Pixel 8 Pro – Best Buy has the Best Trade-in Value

You can still upgrade to the new Pixel 8 Pro in the pre-order period with a few days left before the phone hits store shelves. If you do so (and you should if you like free stuff), Google and its retail partners are offering up a Pixel Watch 2 or a pair of Pixel Buds … Continued Read the original post: Upgrade Pixel 7 Pro to Pixel 8 Pro –... Read more ›

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Kellen @ Droid Life 1 place · 10/09/2023 12:16 EDT

Here’s the Pixel 8a in Early Render Form

The Pixel 8 and Pixel 8 Pro are less than a week old and won’t be in your hands for another few days. I point that out only because we are now going to (already) start talking about Google’s next phone, the rumored Pixel 8a, codenamed “akita.” The leak of the Pixel 8a today arrives … Continued Read the original post: Here’s the Pixel 8a in Early Render Form Read more ›

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Kellen @ Droid Life 3 place · 10/09/2023 11:46 EDT

How is Android 14 Treating Your Pixel?

Google released Android 14 to its Pixel line-up of devices almost a full week ago, so you have had quite a bit of time to test it, if you hadn’t already through several beta builds. You should have been able to play with new features, check out new settings, and see if the phone gets … Continued Read the original post: How is Android 14 Treating Your Pixel? Read more ›

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Kellen @ Droid Life 1 place · 10/06/2023 19:56 EDT

The Response to Google’s 7 Year Update Promise for Pixel is Getting Weird

Google finished off its Made by Google event this week by confirming that its new Pixel 8 and Pixel 8 Pro smartphones would receive a full 7 years of software support. Those years will see security patches, Pixel Feature Drop releases, and Android OS upgrades land on their newest phones, giving them a level of … Continued Read the original post: The Response to Google’s 7 Year Update Promise for... Read more ›

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Kellen @ Droid Life 2 place · 10/06/2023 14:50 EDT

Pixel Watch App Updates to 2.0 With New Pixel Watch 2 Features

The Pixel Watch 2 will be here in about a week, so Google is preparing that arrival by updating the Pixel Watch companion app. In a community post shared today, they showed off a bit of a redesign as well as a number of changes, including new features. The new Pixel Watch 2.0 is here … Continued Read the original post: Pixel Watch App Updates to 2.0 With New Pixel... Read more ›

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Kellen @ Droid Life 2 place · 10/06/2023 13:24 EDT

Pixel 8 Pro is the Choice This Year

The decision over which Pixel 8 phone to pre-order this year seemed so clear to me after watching the reveal (all of the leaks too) and then pulling up the Google Store a couple of days ago. In past releases, I can’t say the same, because I was always torn between big or small, curve … Continued Read the original post: Pixel 8 Pro is the Choice This Year Read more ›

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Kellen @ Droid Life 3 place · 10/05/2023 17:45 EDT

Here’s the Sweet New Software Updates Page on Android 14 QPR1

Within the new Android 14 QPR1 Beta 2 update that dropped on Pixel phones today, a new “Software updates” page showed up that lets you know in a flashier way if your device is up-to-date or not. And we aren’t just talking about system-level updates – this tells you about other updates available as well. … Continued Read the original post: Here’s the Sweet New Software Updates Page on Android... Read more ›

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Kellen @ Droid Life 3 place · 10/05/2023 16:16 EDT

Original Pixel Watch Will Get Wear OS 4 Update “Later This Year”

There’s a chance you watched the Pixel Watch 2 unveiling yesterday and said, “Cool, I’ll stick with my original Pixel Watch.” And that’s fine! We don’t all need to upgrade to the shiny new things whenever the shiny new things show up. But if you did decide to pass on the new Pixel Watch 2, … Continued Read the original post: Original Pixel Watch Will Get Wear OS 4 Update... Read more ›

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Tim @ Droid Life · 10/05/2023 15:40 EDT

Samsung Wallet Gets Mobile Driver’s Licenses, Arizona and Iowa Will Have First Access

Samsung announced this week that Samsung Wallet now supports mobile driver’s licenses, a relatively new way to house and provide identification when shopping and traveling. This builds upon the work Samsung recently did with university IDs, which was only introduced a few months ago. Detailed today, residents of Arizona and Iowa are getting first access … Continued Read the original post: Samsung Wallet Gets Mobile Driver’s Licenses, Arizona and Iowa... Read more ›

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