Kellen, Author at Droid Life

Samsung Goes Instant $400 Off on Galaxy Z Fold 7

Kellen December 18, 2025 3

Samsung's Galaxy Z Fold 7 is $1,000 off if you have a trade-in or an instant $400 off without one. The Galaxy Z Fold 7 deals don't quit, so if you missed out on the holiday shopping fest that was November, we're well into December and the price drops have...

Androidify Yourself as a Watch Face on Your Wear OS Smartwatch

Kellen December 18, 2025 1

Google brought its Androidify experience to your Wear OS smartwatch today as a watch face. In a brief announcement, Google said that Androidify can now be used to design a bot of yourself and then sent directly to your connected Wear OS watch. This is all...

What’s New in Android 16 QPR3 Beta: At a Glance, Flashlight, Navigation Buttons, More

Kellen December 18, 2025 3

Google may have released Android 16 QPR3 Beta 1 at the worst possible time of the day, but we're still going to dive into it and share all the big new stuff. As the next quarterly update that will fix a whole bunch of bugs, this also has the potential to be a...

Pixel’s At a Glance Can Finally Be Turned Off in Latest QPR3 Beta!

Kellen December 18, 2025 6

We did it, y'all. The multi-year battle is over. We won. Google has finally given in and is letting us fully turn off the "At a Glance" widget on Pixel phones and reclaim the space as our own. I almost can't believe it. For those not familiar with what I'm...

Android 16 QPR3 Beta Program Goes Live for Pixel Devices

Kellen December 17, 2025 2

Android 16 QPR3 Beta 1 released. Google shipped Android 16 QPR2 to stable channels this month as the December Pixel update, bringing an end to several months of testing of beta software for many of us. What do we all do next? Well, Google almost always...

YouTube Premium Kicking 40% Off Pixel 10 for Subscribers

Kellen December 17, 2025 10

Google is pulling out all of the promos from several services to try and get you to buy one of their new Pixel 10 series phones. We saw the Google Play $200-off deal earlier in the week that stacked on top of their current holiday offers, and now, we're seeing...

Verizon Pixel 8, Pixel 9, and Pixel 10 Devices Get New December Update (Updated)

Kellen December 17, 2025 12

All of Google's still-supported Pixel devices received a huge QPR2 update in early December with new features and tons of bug fixes. We all assumed this would be the last update of the year and have mostly been waiting around for Google to give us a QPR3 beta...

Google Makes Controversial Pixel Search Bar Change

Kellen December 17, 2025 4

Within the past several days, a group of Pixel owners noticed a change to the way the Search bar at the bottom of their Pixel Launcher home screen worked. Because this change was not an improvement in the eyes of many, they immediately took to places like...