Googles fascination with hardware stretches back years. Remember the early days of Android and the G1? The rise of the Nexus line? Those ill-fated Android@Home light bulbs and those beautiful Chromebooks? It took Google a while, but that fascination turned into a sort of experimental hobby, and now into something far more serious. Software is Googles art, and the company has been working for a long time to craft the right canvases.
Thats where the new Pixel and Pixel XL come in.