Google’s Pixel phones have come a long way in less than a decade

It’s easy to take Google’s Pixel phones for granted. The search giant’s attempt to go toe-to-toe with Apple and Samsung with custom hardware has never been a breakout success, but it is good. It’s a project Google’s stuck with far longer than others, and it’s also managed to be both aesthetically appealing and genuinely competitive in terms of things like camera performance. That’s not nothing.