After months of leaks, Google's Pixel 9a is finally here, and it's shaping up to be the best budget offering you'll find in 2025

Google’s Pixel 9a doesn’t just look like a strong successor over last year’s model, it also appears to be the best phone that won’t break the bank.

But at that price, it's hard to ignore Google and its Pixel A series, especially now that a new version has just been announced. The new phone adopts the same silicon introduced with last fall's Pixel 9 lineup,