This new Pixel 8 promotion is one of many Google has launched this year, with the handset being subject to repeated—almost monthly— price drops since last December. If your eye is firmly trained on buying the Pixel 9, it won’t be long before Google drops its price too.

More generally, Google has made its Gemini AI the default assistant on the Pixel 9, whereas it was Google Assistant on the Pixel 8 with the subsequent choice of adopting Gemini.

The Pixel 9 Pro Fold is back, bigger and better than before, with a thinner design and excellent tri-camera system.

A Google Pixel 8 pro phone is displayed during a product launch event for the Google Pixel 8, and ... [+] Pixel 8 pro phones, Pixel Watch 2, and Pixel Buds Pro earbuds, in New Yor

You can also bring home an 85-inch Sony Bravia X93L television with a $1,000 discount or the Sony HT-S2000 3.1-channel soundbar for 20% off. What a day to save!

Right now, the Pixel 8 Pro is on sale for just $662 at Amazon, a 38% discount on the phone's $999 full price. This deal beats the price drop Amazon put in place for Prime Day just a few months ago, which listed the Pixel 8 Pro for $759. In fact, it's the lowest price yet we've seen for this handset.

I once described the Pixel 8 Pro as the perfect Pixel. But Google has raised the bar: The Pixel 9 Pro XL is even better.

Those issues are largely gone on the new Pixel Buds Pro 2, which have twice the noise reduction, new dynamic drivers, and faster processing than ever thanks to Google's Tensor A1 chip. Added features like conversation detection,