I agree, iPhone UI is trashy. I much prefer Android but I don't love it (as I did webOS). So I mostly use my phone as a phone. Unfortunately, Pixel is still behind iOS in basic communications features outside the US. There's still no relevant answer to iMessage, Visual Voicemail is still a carrier fuck-up, no voicemail transcriptions (although the iOS 10 version is so shit as to be almost worthless), no WiFi calling. If Google would figure out Hangouts/Allo/Messages app/Google Voice etc and/or offer Google Fi outside the US but alas...
For now I'm working around iOS notifications/control center by moving those interactions to the smartwatch.
amazing to see some poster who were laughing at wireless charging and samoled screens just a few months ago, going gaga over the iPhone 8 rumors