Commentary: Thank you, Jimmy Fallon, for making this week's Google Pixel 10 event actually enjoyable to watch.

Alphabet’s Google introduced on Wednesday (August 20) a new lineup of Pixel smartphones and gadgets, intensifying its efforts to embed artificial intelligence across a wide ecosystem of products, and it had a well known name to help sell the new products. Julian Satterthwaite reports.

In case you missed it, Google celebrated the Pixel's 10th birthday by putting on a Pixel 10 launch event that was, well, like no other launch event before it. Jimmy Fallon hosted the show – which was more like a chat show in format – with a bevy of sports personalities, celebrities and stars, as the backdrop to the latest Google hardware.