De-Googled GrapheneOS is coming to Motorola’s foldables next year
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Key Facts
- Fact 1: The organization expects the next generation of Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite chips to meet its standards, which is why it’s targeting Motorola’s 2027 phones for initial support.
- Fact 2: Earlier this month Graphene confirmed that its initial Motorola devices would be flagships that would “be higher end hardware than Pixels at a higher price.” More affordable devices are on the roadmap, but would require better security features from Qualcomm for its cheaper chips, and for Motorola to invest in seven years of software support for those phones — this year’s $499.99 Moto G Stylus only promised two major OS upgrades and three years of security updates.
- Fact 3: That support is ongoing, and the organization confirmed it has plans to add support for the Pixel 11 series in the future.
Dominic Preston is a news editor with over a decade’s experience in journalism. He previously worked at Android Police and Tech Advisor.
GrapheneOS, an open source version of Android that prioritizes security and privacy, has detailed its plans for supporting Motorola smartphones. Official support is set to arrive next year, starting with traditional flagships, before rolling out to Motorola’s foldable phones and perhaps cheaper models, eventually. In a Mastodon thread, the GrapheneOS Foundation announced that it will initially support a Motorola slab flagship phone, but will later support both Razr Fold and Razr Ultra foldables — the latter of which would be the first flip phone to officially run GrapheneOS.
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Original source: The Verge
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