As I know, Pixel 8 gets 7 years of updates, and they are mid, but for what you need, it wouldn’t be a bad choice.

I think people just don’t want every search to have AI included, it’s too much for some. Even though it’s useful sometimes, they are forcing it for almost every query, which is too much.

At least they’re being transparent about it. AI agent workflows can burn through far more tokens if they are used every day, so, normally, employees are still more affordable.