Pixel 8: Another old phone that, due to holiday pricing, is more expensive than its newer counterpart. Google is currently selling the Pixel 9 for $649—a great deal, as we noted. If you can find an 8 for less than that, it may be worth it, but otherwise stick to the 8a or the discounted 9.

Google's Pixel phone is working on upgrading its call screen feature with an "AI replies" option for contextual responses.

With the Pixel 9 Pro, Google has created the almost perfect premium small phone to date.

One of the Gemini AI-powered features Google introduced at I/O this year was a solution for never-ending scam calls. It has the capability to detect whether a call is suspicious while it's still ongoing and can alert you so that you could drop the call as soon as possible.

The AI-based features are rolling out to Pixel 6 or newer first but will soon be expanded to other Android devices, Google says.

Google has announced the release of Scam Detection, a new real-time protection feature designed to shield users from scams and fraud attempts. The feature was previously announced during Google I/O 2024,