After a rocky start with the Pixel 1 (which remains one of the ugliest phones made this decade), a big—but still not fully realised — improvement on the Pixel 2, the Pixel 3 came out and finally made good on Google’s homegrown phone initiative.

And unlike phones from Samsung or Huawei, the Pixel 3 achieved this not by hitting users over the head with tons of cameras or far-out hardware, it did it in the most Google way possible: with nifty software, intuitive design, and AI-powered smarts.

As good as the Pixel 3 is, when Google released the phone last month, it sort of felt incomplete. Part of that feeling is due to Google’s software-first approach to smartphone design which means there’s always code being tinkered with, but the other part was simply because Google still hadn’t delivered two major Pixel 3 features the company teased prior to launch.

After some of the most intense leaks of a new phone to date, we have finally seen the Google Pixel and Pixel XL for real. Here's how much they'll set you back in Australia, and when you can get your hands on them.

There are no good places to leave an unreleased phone. Especially the back of a Lyft.

New flagship smartphones are some of the most closely-guarded secrets in tech, and while leaks often occur a month or two before an official release, there’s typically enough mystery to keep things interesting until then.

Do you like notches? I hope you like notches. Because if you're considering the XL-sized version of Google's upcoming Pixel 3, prepare yourselves.