You read that correctly. We have the finest phone Google ever created perpetually rebooting while royalty-free holiday music plays in the background. What better way to get in a festive mood? You can even hang out in the Twitch chat while we bask in holiday cheer.

Android hardware has come a long way in the last five years, and as we come up on that Pixel time of year, I've been thinking back on earlier Android handsets and the path we've taken to get here. In a useful coincidence, I was convinced into using a Nexus 5 for a week as my only personal phone with no backup — I like to take that sort of risk once in a while. This time I was pleasantly surprised, the Nexus 5 has aged a lot better than I expected it to.