Motorola confirms GrapheneOS assist for a future telephone, bringing over options

Following rumors swirling for fairly a while, Motorola has introduced a partnership with GrapheneOS that may see the privacy-focused, de-Googled model of Android pre-installed on upcoming Motorola units.

A brand new “long-term partnership” between Motorola and GrapheneOS was introduced at MWC 2026 at this time, with plans for each a future smartphone to have GrapheneOS pre-installed, and sure options from GrapheneOS coming to different Motorola units, the corporate mentioned in a media briefing in Barcelona.

In a press launch, Motorola says:

Motorola is introducing a brand new period of smartphone safety by means of an extended‐time period partnership with the GrapheneOS Basis, the main nonprofit in superior cellular safety and creators of a hardened, working system based mostly on the Android Open Supply Challenge. Collectively, Motorola and the GrapheneOS Basis will work to strengthen smartphone safety and collaborate on future units engineered with GrapheneOS compatibility.

…Within the coming months, Motorola and the GrapheneOS Basis will proceed to collaborate on joint analysis, software program enhancements, and new safety capabilities, with extra particulars and options to roll out because the partnership evolves.

It’s unclear what options Motorola might be bringing over from GrapheneOS. As for a tool with GrapheneOS put in, Motorola says this can be a future launch, and it’s not but recognized precisely what that machine might be. GrapheneOS builders have previously said that current Motorola units don’t but meet the software program’s {hardware} necessities.

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Because it stands at this time, GrapheneOS is completely available on Google Pixel units. No matter machine Motorola is constructing with GrapheneOS, it’s past even the Motorola Signature’s specs, which is at present the “flagship” in Motorola’s lineup, as even that doesn’t meet the wanted necessities.

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