Matthias KirschnerMar 3

Motorola announced a partnership with #GrapheneOS Foundation:

https://motorolanews.com/motorola-three-new-b2b-solutions-at-mwc-2026/ (thanks @llas for the pointer).

Great to see that you will be able to buy a new phone with a #FreeSoftware #OpenSource #Android ROM pre-installed from such a big brand.

All the best to @GrapheneOS for the next steps in this! #FreeYourAndroid

Motorola News | Motorola's new partnership with GrapheneOS

Motorola announces three new B2B solutions at MWC 2026, including GrapheneOS partnership, Moto Analytics and more.

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Show threadMatthias KirschnerMar 3

@llas People pointed out that it is not clear from the announcement if you could buy Motorola phones with pre-installed #GrapheneOS or if they Motorola just supports it and takes some patches.

Maybe @GrapheneOS can shed some light on this?

Show threadGrapheneOSMar 3
@kirschner @llas It will lead to both GrapheneOS support for a subset of their publicly available retail devices which will be improved to meet the requirements and other things. Our focus is mostly on official GrapheneOS releases for the devices. They're very interested in incorporating GrapheneOS features into their regular OS along with other features wanted by enterprise deployments which is a separate thing from GrapheneOS itself. They're not switching to GrapheneOS as their own OS.
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@kirschner @llas Devices being sold with GrapheneOS is highly likely but there may be significant limitations on availability due to Google's restrictions. It remains to be seen what can be worked out. It's very likely they can be sold in at least certain countries such as European Union countries and South Korea where Google's restrictions have been invalidated. It may not be possible to sell them in the US or Canada at this time. That doesn't mean they can't be flashed and sold by others.
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Show threadMatthias KirschnerMar 3
@GrapheneOS
Thank you very much for the additional information. Sounds like a huge step forward.
@llas
Show threadLutin DiscretMar 3

@GrapheneOS iirc some restrictions imposed by google have been dimmed illegal in EU and that to fairphone being able to sell devices without officially approved by google os. This should apply to Motorola selling non google android too I guess

@kirschner @llas