Kellen, Author at Droid Life

Samsung September Updates Roll Out to These Devices

Kellen September 25, 2025 9

As we roll into September and Google already released their big quarterly update and Pixel Feature Drop, Samsung is now blessing its still-supported phone line-up. Samsung September updates are rolling out to several devices. To start, we have the Galaxy S23...

Qualcomm’s Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 is Official

Kellen September 24, 2025 10

Qualcomm announced the Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 today as the chipset most likely to be found in your next high-end phone from Samsung or OnePlus. It won't be in the next Google Pixel phone, like the Pixel 11, but you'll see it in a lot of other devices. What...

Google Play’s New “You” Tab Might Be Awesome

Kellen September 24, 2025 5

Google announced several new features and updates for Google Play this week, all of which start from a new "You" tab that brings everything together into a single place. That new "You" tab will show curated content, rewards, subscriptions, recommendations,...

Google Home on the Web Adds “Devices” Tab for More Controls

Kellen September 23, 2025 1

The transition from the Nest online and app experience over to Google Home has been a lengthy one. It has only been since last year that Google widely rolled out a web-based experience for Google Home controls, even if they were limited at first. Today, Google...

Google Photos Brings Voice Editing “Help Me Edit” Feature to All Android Users

Kellen September 23, 2025 2

When the Pixel 10 series launched a few weeks ago, it had exclusive access to a new Google Photos feature that would let you edit your photos by talking to it. Starting today, that exclusivity is over and your current Android phone will soon get access. We're...

Galaxy S25 Series One UI 8 Updates Go Live in US

Kellen September 18, 2025 16

Only a couple of days from announcing the rollout, Samsung is now pushing One UI 8 updates (with Android 16) to the Galaxy S25 series. All Galaxy S25 series devices in the US should be receiving the update as early as today. For Galaxy S25 One UI 8 updates, we...

Google Discover Lets You Follow Favorite Publishers

Kellen September 17, 2025 1

Google Discover is one of the reasons news outlets like this one still exist. When Google determines stories from us (and all of the other news publishers you read regularly) meet a certain set of standards, it sends it to Discover and we get traffic that...

Pixel 10 Series Joins Android Beta Program

Kellen September 17, 2025 12

Part of the fun of owning a Pixel phone for so many of us is the option to play with new software before almost anyone else. A lot of that action happens through the Android Beta Program, which is almost always pushing software to Pixel devices months before...