I also have to agree with what CNET's Stephen Shankland wrote about the Pixel earlier: it hits a Goldilocks area of weight and heft. Granted, the Pixel does sort of look like the iPhone, but it has chamfered edges and it's wedge-shaped, which likely keeps the camera flush and avoids an unsightly bump. Both are polished and well crafted, and their sleek, one-piece aluminum design make them more elegant than previous Nexus devices. Other than that, they're pretty much the same. The Pixel and Pixel XL are nearly identical, but the latter has a bigger, sharper display and a bumped-up battery. It works quickly, and as a bonus you can use it to slide down notifications on the screen.
On the back is a fingerprint reader for added user security and services such as Android Pay. (Other Android phones and the iPhone already do this.) To reduce eye strain from viewing a bright, bluish display at night, there's a Night Light setting that tints the screen yellow. You can send GIFs inside Google Keyboard, for all your GIF-fy delights. Launcher shortcuts, aka Google's take on Apple's 3D Touch, lets you long-press on some apps to call up additional menu options. It's the first to have Google's messaging service Allo and its video calling app Duo preloaded (you can uninstall them if you want). The device runs a pure version of Android 7.1 Nougat. Compared to Siri, which sort of checks out after it finishes each task, Assistant builds upon my previous queries, so it made me interact with it longer. It doesn't hear every question correctly every time, but when it does, it works relatively quickly. But when you do remember, Assistant can be useful. Like with most voice assistants, you forget that they're there. Firing up Google Assistant (left) and asking Assistant where to find Japanese tapas nearby (right).
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