Along with access to the absurdly large vault of Android apps that you’d expect, you can also use it as a smart device hub. You can use this to control your Pixel Buds, you’re thermostat, and basically anything else you can connect to. It’s just got a lot of stuff going for it, and that’s to say nothing of how good it looks.

Google's answer to the AirPods get better battery life, have conversation detection to pause while you're talking, and work seamlessly with all your Android devices.

Thanks to Amazon, you can score a great and up-to-date mid-range phone for less: right now you can get the Google Pixel 9a with 128GB of storage for $449 (was $499) at Amazon.