The Google Pixel 10a can lay flat on a table, but otherwise the company hasn't brought a ton of upgrades to its newest budget smartphone.

Nothing CEO Carl Pei says AI agents will eventually replace apps, shifting smartphones toward systems that understand intent and act on a user's behalf.

IDC says phone makers will ship only 1.12 billion smartphones as compared to 1.26 billion last year.

The new privacy tech uses different types of pixels to let you block certain apps and notifications from being viewed by others.