Google's ambitious Pixel phones are good enough to make you forget the Nexus

Google's new Pixel phones may be its most ambitious smartphones to date. The devices, home to Google Assistant and what Google says is the best smartphone camera ever, are the company's first to launch under a name other than Nexus. While Google emphasized its manufacturer partners with the Nexus line, for Pixel, Google has joined its hardware and software efforts to create the "best Google experience." Picking up the Pixel and the Pixel XL, it's clear their time was well spent. SEE ALSO: Here's everything you missed at Tuesday's Google event From the moment the first Pixel images leaked, it was apparent the handsets would closely resemble iPhones.