Kellen, Author at Droid Life

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...

Nothing OS 4.0 Update Teased With Refreshed Design, Upgraded Camera, More

Kellen September 17, 2025 2

Nothing is by no means one of the quickest in the industry to update their devices to the latest in Android. While Samsung and OnePlus have done their best to keep pace with Google and its Pixel devices, Nothing takes its time and instead focuses on regularly...

Qualcomm Confirms Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 as Next Chip

Kellen September 15, 2025 1

Qualcomm announced this morning that its next flagship mobile chip will be called Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5. They'll unveil the chip and more details at its yearly Snapdragon Summit boondoggle in Hawaii, where a bunch of YouTubers will accept a Qualcomm-funded...

Wear OS 6 Loses Google’s Built-in Weather App

Kellen September 15, 2025 3

At the end of last week, Google announced a noteworthy change to Wear OS 6+ and its built-in weather app. In short, they said that the built-in weather would soon go away, but it's also a bit confusing depending on your device. They have since pulled the news,...