Kellen, Author at Droid Life

Verizon is Raising Prices After Committing to 3-Year Price Lock

Kellen August 1, 2025 47

We're only 3 months removed from Verizon committing to a 3-year price lock and the price increases have arrived. While these aren't price increases directly related to their wireless plans, they will hit almost all customers because they are the fees that...

Verizon Removes Free Apple Arcade and Google Play Pass Perk From Plans

Kellen July 31, 2025 18

As a part of some its older plans, Verizon has included a monthly subscription to Apple Arcade or Google Play Pass at no charge. This was a part of their 5G Get More and 5G Play More plans that were first introduced in 2021 and then renamed in 2022. With their...

T-Mobile Forcing Customers Onto Go5G Plus Plan

Kellen July 31, 2025 7

T-Mobile is forcing some of its customers into a "free upgrade to Go5G Plus" whether they want that upgrade or not. The news rolled out through text and email messages to impacted customers yesterday and has provided a dedicated support page with more details...

Pixel Watch 4 Gets Unexpected Price Drop

Kellen July 31, 2025 3

Google, just drop the blog posts and a quick highlight video at this point - we know it all it seems. We're still 20 days away from Google's next hardware event, but I'm not sure there is much of a point in hosting one any more. What don't we know? We just...

Google Home Boss Admits That Google Assistant Sucks on Google Home

Kellen July 24, 2025 22

I don't know if any of you have stopped through the Google Home subreddit at any point over the past several years, but if you have, you know that it is not a positive space. In fact, most of the threads there are a mixture of complaints and calls for help as...

Here’s the Pixel Watch 4 in 2 Sizes and Its New Charger

Kellen July 24, 2025 13

Google's Pixel Watch 4 has now arrived in official-looking render form, giving us a first potentially real look at both sizes of the smartwatch. We are also getting a first look at its new charging system, which could lead to more repair opportunities. Google...

Samsung Making It Even Easier to Get Galaxy Z Fold 7 for $899

Kellen July 23, 2025 5

The Galaxy Z Fold 7 arrives in stores at the end of the week and that means we could see the end of the current pre-order deals Samsung is running. As we approach the potential end, I have good news to share about that previously semi-secret Galaxy Z Fold 7...

New Qi2 25W Wireless Charging Coming to “Major” Android Smartphones

Kellen July 23, 2025 6

The initial introduction of Qi2 in 2023 to the world has been mostly a bust. The standard was created as a way for all smartphones and accessories to adopt magnetic alignment wireless charging, basically using Apple's MagSafe technology. Unfortunately, none of...