Tim, Author at Droid Life

AUKEY’s Latest Deals Include 25% Off Popular Power Strip Tower ($32)

Tim March 5, 2021 3

AUKEY has a new round of deals on Amazon this week, with plenty of money to save on items like wireless earbuds, power strips, phone mounts, and more. There is a good list of deals to view below, with all of the links and coupon codes you need for max savings...

Undo Tweet Button Coming to Twitter

Tim March 5, 2021 7

Ever since the service's launch, folks have been interested in the idea of an Edit button for Twitter, capable of allowing users to correct typos and whatever other imperfections are present in their tweets -- as if anyone actually gives a shit. Well, it...

Verizon Galaxy S21 Lineup Receives March Security Patch

Tim March 4, 2021 9

Verizon is shipping out the new March security patch to the Galaxy S21 lineup. That's timely! So timely that we have no issues continuing to declare that Samsung is the king of Android updates. Sorry, we love ruffling those feathers. Once updated, owners of...

T-Mobile WFX Designed to Meet Demand of Booming Home Office Customers

Tim March 4, 2021 6

T-Mobile made a number of announcements for small businesses and enterprise customers this morning, with the entirety of the new stuff falling under the branding of T-Mobile WFX. For those who may ask, the WFX stands for Work From Anywhere, a play on the WFH (...

Here’s What Got Fixed in Android 12 Developer Preview 1.1

Tim March 3, 2021 7

Google released Developer Preview update 1.1 for Android 12 this morning, a "minor" update that brings a handful of fixes to eligible devices. To clarify, this isn't Developer Preview 2, it's merely a bug fixer update aimed to improve stability for developers...

Samsung Source Code Hints at Wear OS-Powered ‘Merlot’ Smartwatch

Tim March 3, 2021 14

Thanks to a lot of work from @MishaalRahman, digging through a pile of kernel source code, a hint has been discovered that appears to back up the biggest unconfirmed news in town: Samsung is making a Wear OS smartwatch. According to Mishaal's discovery, lines...

Who Here Still Has a Grandfathered Verizon Unlimited Plan?

Tim March 2, 2021 132

We recently spoke about Verizon's original unlimited data plan during an episode of the Droid Life Show. We asked quickly if anyone was actually still using a grandfathered plan, but weren't expecting to have anyone say yes. To our amazement, there were a few...

Android Users Getting Twitter Spaces

Tim March 2, 2021 5

Twitter announced this morning that Android users will now find Spaces inside of their app, as the beta for the new feature continues to grow. If you didn't know, Spaces is an audio-only group session of sorts that allows people to join in on conversations. As...