Kellen, Author at Droid Life

Google Maps Helps You Avoid Transit Crowds, Leave Better Reviews, Reminisce on the Good Old Days

Kellen July 21, 2021 15

We still very much live in a world where a global pandemic is alive and well. Depending on where you reside and whether or not the community you live in cares about one another, your day may be quite different from those in the state, county, or country over....

Fossil Gen 6 is Going to Run a Qualcomm Chip

Kellen July 20, 2021 6

Qualcomm has taken quite the beating in recent weeks over its previous support of Wear OS and the failings of the chips it provided. The wave of criticism kickstarted following Samsung and Google's announcement of a co-developed new Wear platform that will try...

Tip: Turn Off RCS “Chat” When You Switch Phones or Else…

Kellen July 20, 2021 37

Now that Verizon has committed to RCS with Google, the three major US carriers are all onboard. RCS is here (unlike 5G) and will be a big part of your messaging experience going forward, assuming you have an Android phone. And while RCS is great and a big...

Verizon Joins AT&T, T-Mobile in Switching to Google Messages and RCS

Kellen July 20, 2021 56

Google has done it. It might have taken more years than any of us predicted, but here we are. Google won the RCS battle in the US. All three big US carriers have now announced that they will pre-load Google Messages on their Android phones and use Google's RCS...

Is Truly Unlimited Data With No Throttling a Thing You Want?

Kellen July 19, 2021 71

When 4G LTE arrived, US carriers realized that data was the new way for them to milk customers out of extra cash. That led to the end of truly unlimited data plans and the introduction of tiered data, where you paid by the GB. Once they built those networks...

The Pixel Buds (2nd Gen) are Gone

Kellen July 19, 2021 39

A couple of weeks ago, just as the Pixel Buds A-Series launched, Google told us that the Pixel Buds (2nd Gen) were soldout in the US and Canada, and that only a few countries or third-party retailers might still have stock. They also told us that the US and...

Google Hangouts Takes Another Step Towards the End

Kellen July 19, 2021 14

Google Hangouts continues to creep towards its quiet death, reaching a new phase today that takes us one step closer to the end. Google is telling its Workspace (GSuite) customers that we are entering phase 4 and that means it's time to make a decision or...

Android TV is Getting 3 Sweet New Features

Kellen July 19, 2021 26

To follow-up the addition of the refreshed homescreen to Android TV from a few months back, the team is back to add three new or improved features to the big screen platform. We're getting a watchlist, a better way to tune recommendations, and an improved...