Kellen, Author at Droid Life

Google Pixel Update Schedule: How Long Will My Phone Get Updates?

Kellen February 18, 2026 15

One of the reasons anyone owns a Google Pixel phone is because it receives what is arguably the best level of software support in Android. Samsung has certainly made its case as being the king of updates, but Google is still the quickest most months when it...

Pixel 10a Official at $499 and the Upgrades are Tough to Find

Kellen February 18, 2026 13

Google fully unveiled the Pixel 10a today and there aren't many surprises following weeks of information trickling into our news feeds. What we have is a successor to the Pixel 9a, although it could easily have been called the Pixel 9.5a. Let's talk about what...

Google’s Best Pixel 10a Pre-Order Deal

Kellen February 18, 2026 1

The Pixel 10a launch day is finally here and we now know (from Google) all of the official specs, features, and whether or not they actually upgraded anything over the Pixel 9a (they barely did). With this all official, we know about launch promos and pre-...

Google Surprises With Day Early $100 Off Pixel 10a Codes

Kellen February 17, 2026 3

The Pixel A-Series hasn't typically found big discounts when it launches, mostly because Google prices it so reasonably out of the gate that they likely don't want to shrink the already-small margins on it. If anything, we see Google and its retail partners...

Google Brings AirDrop Support to Pixel 9

Kellen February 17, 2026 11

Google has moved forward with its promise to bring AirDrop support to more phones. Today, the Search giant announced that the Pixel 9 series of phones now has AirDrop via Quick Share. In the briefest of announcements, Google said that Quick Share compatibility...

How to AirDrop on Android With a Pixel 10 or Pixel 9

Kellen February 17, 2026 5

We're still processing the fact that Google randomly announced that it had figured out a solution to AirDrop to and from Pixel 10 and Pixel 9 phones with all of Apple's devices, including the iPhone, iPad, and Mac computers. This really just came out of no...

Apple Starts Testing Encrypted RCS on iOS

Kellen February 17, 2026 6

Apple released a new iOS 26.4 beta this week and it brings the RCS feature we've all been waiting for. After code diggers discovered that encryption was in the works for RCS on iOS, Apple has gone ahead and pushed an initial test for it live in this new beta....

Here’s a Pixel Watch 3 for Only $170

Kellen February 17, 2026 1

While I would recommend Google's newest Pixel Watch 4 for most people looking at smartwatches on the Android side of things, there are still price drops big enough to look at the previous model. Today, there's a deal on the Pixel Watch 3 that drops it to just...