While I'm happy that it's Motorola, i just wish someone like Fairphone also bites the bullet of investing in a proper encryption chip that's acceptable to Grapheneos. I'd like to see more or a trifecta (duofecta?) of trustworthy OS and sustainable/committed manufacturer.

You know, I’d love a razr flip with graphene. Bring it on.

The best thing about Motorola is that they ship with a very stock android ROM. It's also the worst bit, because there's nobody maintaining any software. Handballing software maintenance to GrapheneOS would be sweet.

Yeah this is cool. Could have been much worse than Motorola. Looking forward to this

This genuinely so fucking smart from Motorola. Whomever is greenlighting this needs major kudos. We're in a world where everyone wants to move away from US technology now and Google/Apple have monopolized the market. Motorola is making this move RIGHT when everywhere else is going "Is there literally nothing else we can use???" Good play esp as they need to up the specs on a new device to handle Graphene. I am looking forward to seeing what they come up with.

Glad to see this. Motorola seemed like a solid choice. Hopefully we'll get some specs and release dates when they officially unveil it. I know it was pushed back to 2027, so I'm hoping for a Q1 2027 release. I've been holding off on getting a pixel in the hopes of getting a non-Google GrapheneOS phone. It would be nice if I don't wind up having to wait too much longer.

why in the thumbnail is it neither org's logos?

Really hope it releases 2026 so I can get rid of this pixel asap

MWC 2026 announcement likely, but devices may not ship until 2027

Motorola is expected to formally announce the partnership [in March]. With MWC 2026 around the corner, the timing would make strategic sense.

In case others were wondering, MWC 2026 is March 2-5. So, hopefully we'll have official verification by the end of the week.

According to the article, it was a little obvious that it'd be Motorola. To me it's unexpected as I wasn't following this all that closely. In any case, I'm personally pleased with the OEM choice. I'll need to do some research on Motorola's smartphones to prepare for the one/s that support Graphene.

Man I can't WAIT. Next up: Fairphone

I Fucking love Motorola, I'm cumming as I'm reading this. Thank you Motorola.

Haven't had a Motorola in many years. Hopefully this works out well and we get a really nice piece of hardware that isn't subject to the whims of Google.

Since when is Graphene's logo a football and Motorola's the Super Mario M?

Fuck yeah, solid shoid of brand.

Although I don't know how good motorolas camera game is if you are more serious about the camera.

Edit... Not sure how I got shoid from typing choice...

I remember having a motorola razr when i was younger. Loved the design

It's great to see a mainstream OEM work with GOS. I really hope Motorola will make phones with an actual headphone jack. That's my no. 1 complaint about modern Pixel hardware.

Motorola had made several classic phones.I hope this will be their true comeback.

i would liked xiomi more but more Hardware is better than only google

It will be great if this reaches the Moto G series. I'm sure the Fairphone is nice but it's 4x as expensive--no thanks.

Official link https://motorolanews.com/motorola-three-new-b2b-solutions-at-mwc-2026/

Something I’ve been thinking about: independent security projects often face pressure once corporate partnerships or funding enter the picture.

Does GrapheneOS have any structural safeguards to ensure development priorities remain community-driven if hardware vendors become more involved?

I’m not assuming there’s a problem — just interested in how projects like this avoid the “venture capital influence” problem that has affected other open source initiatives.

I'm very confused this news. Reddit sub said it wasn't Motorola. This post claimed it's Motorola.

If Motorola is willing to have a non-shitty operating system, why can't they just put a non-shitty operating system on at the factory? All the stock Android OS I've seen lately, including Motorola's, are crappy, have privacy settings disabled, and in many cases are full of unremovable malware.

This is how a functioning capitalist system should work. Companies competing against each other for the benefit of the consumer.

wish i could pre order

I would like it even more to see that working on a Xiaomi or Samsung

Lenovo is based.

Tbh, not a huge fan of the pick. I had various Motorola Droid phones for years before switching to Samsung. All of the Droids were horribly underpowered after 2 years and the batteries only had 1/2 of their original capacity by that point. Then I got a Samsung S10e and it lasted 5+ years.

I seriously hope Motorola has gotten rid of their planned obsolescence policy in the past few years. It's nice that there's going to be a second vendor option for GrapheneOS soon, but I wish it was a better vendor

I sense Motorolas authentic belief in me as our pact is formed....

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