The Morning After: Thursday, October 5th 2017

You name it, and Google launched it. Two sizes, almost the same phone.Google introduces the Pixel 2 series -- and it's really proud of the camera After all those leaks, the Pixel 2 and Pixel 2 XL are now a reality, and both ditch the headphone jack. They're both (a little) squeezable, which will coax the phones to launch Google Assistant for your questions and search queries, while also packing water resistance and a camera that's apparently better than last year's well-regarded Pixel phone. Google was keen to sidestep the tech spec nitty-gritty and talk about the AI smarts it's stitching into its phones. You might recall Google's Lens visual search from earlier in the year -- well that's coming to these phones before the end of 2017.