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This Week in the Life of DROID: 11/16/2012

Tim November 16, 2012 14

Here at DL, it's been a week full of our newest family members - the DROID DNA, Nexus 4, and Nexus 10. We should have our full reviews up early next week for all of those devices, so be on the look out for that. In the meantime, if you missed any of these...

Eric November 16, 2012 14

NBA season is here ladies and gentlemen, and sometimes it gets hard to keep track of all the games going on. There are a variety of basketball and sports apps out there, but I'm always on the hunt for something new. Since most of us are accustomed to getting...

Eric November 16, 2012 14

On the Droid Life Show this week, I gave a special shout out to a game I found in the Play Store called DareDogs. The game itself is a fun air combat game that pits you and your pups against other planes in an effort to come out the top dog. You can take...

Tim November 16, 2012 14

Potential Nexus 10 buyers, you better hurry. A batch of the 16GB models just went live on Google Play. There are still no 32GB versions and who knows when they'll be coming back. I guess this calls for a shout out to Google for making some hardware that people...

Kellen November 16, 2012 14

I wouldn't say that we are surprised by this, but according to a benchmark over at GLBenchmark, LG is testing a new smartphone with a 1080p display. HTC already has one in the DROID DNA, Samsung will reportedly unveil their new 1080p HD Super AMOLED displays...

Tim November 16, 2012 14

Welcome to the Answers section of the seventh installment of the Droid Life Q&A Sessions. Much like every other week, we had some great questions come in from the community, so we took our time to go through them and pull some of the good ones. It seems...

Kellen November 16, 2012 14

Fresh off of this morning's rumor, which pegged Google and Dish Network as pals looking to start up a wireless service of their own to compete with AT&T and Verizon, a new rumor claims to confirm that it's happening. The folks over at 9to5Google heard word...

Eric November 16, 2012 14

In a recent interview, one of Sony's marketing executives Dennis van Schie, said that the next Xperia flagship phone will be coming to CES and Mobile World Congress in 2013. Whatever this next step in the Xperia line is, Schie says it will easily be able to...

Android 16 QPR3 Beta 1.1 Released for Pixel Phones!

Tim December 23, 2025 3

A small fixer update is rolling out to Google Pixel devices, labeled as Android 16 QPR3 Beta 1.1. It doesn't appear to be...

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Pixel 10 Pro XL at $400 Off is Crazy Stuff

Kellen December 22, 2025 2

Last minute shoppers, the greatest Pixel 10 Pro deal in history is here at the perfect time. You can take up to $400 off the...

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Google Decides That Google Assistant Can Stick Around a Bit Longer, Pushes Gemini Switch to 2026

Kellen December 19, 2025 5

You may have forgotten the timeline, but Google was pushing to force all off of Google Assistant and onto Gemini by the end...

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What’s New in Android 16 QPR3 Beta: At a Glance, Flashlight, Navigation Buttons, More

Kellen December 18, 2025 6

Google may have released Android 16 QPR3 Beta 1 at the worst possible time of the day, but we're still going to dive into it...

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Android 16 QPR3 Beta Program Goes Live for Pixel Devices

Kellen December 17, 2025 3

Android 16 QPR3 Beta 1 released. Google shipped Android 16 QPR2 to stable channels this month as the December Pixel update,...

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Verizon Pixel 8, Pixel 9, and Pixel 10 Devices Get New December Update (Updated)

Kellen December 17, 2025 12

All of Google's still-supported Pixel devices received a huge QPR2 update in early December with new features and tons of bug...

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Google Makes Controversial Pixel Search Bar Change

Kellen December 17, 2025 4

Within the past several days, a group of Pixel owners noticed a change to the way the Search bar at the bottom of their Pixel...

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Samsung December Updates Continue Roll Out to All These Devices

Kellen December 17, 2025 2

Samsung started sending December updates to a batch of devices earlier in the week, but they weren't quite done with 2025....

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