They're working with a vendor to make a phone that meets GrapheneOS's security standards.

I do have a friend that uses it (we’re European) and it works fine

Australia here. Works fine.

It works well for me. I did hear that there was bad support for baking apps but they seem to work fine.

I have had trouble with ride hailing apps as they seem to use googles integrity API.

AFAIK it is as compatible as the stock android that comes on your phone regarding different carriers.

GrapheneOS is partenered with a major OEM to release compatible devices in 2027. The OEM will publicly announce this partnership in March 2026.

https://grapheneos.social/@GrapheneOS/116092580774968482

Buy it used. The hardware by itself doesn't call home.

Ubuntu touch seems like a more viable option at this point

I’m not sure about Graphene specifically, but as long as there’s an established procedure documented, I’ve done like fifty installs of custom Recovery and various ROMs, such as Lineage, crDroid, Resurrection, Havoc, Cyanogen, AOSP, AOKP, ASPCA [:-)], WKRP [:-)], etc. and dozens of other less well-known ones, and I have not bricked one yet. So, as long as you don’t do anything blatantly foolish, should be ok.

I'd never heard of it being brick-prone. I suppose it's possible in the sense that updating a PC's BIOS could brick it if it loses power during the update, but I've never heard of Graphene's install process being particularly brick-prone.

I've personally flashed 4 pixels (friend's and family's as well as mine), a couple of them multiple times (I tried CalyxOS before Graphene with my first pixels), and it's always been a super smooth process, never had anything go wrong.