Motorola partners with GrapheneOS for future phones

GrapheneOS is headed to Motorola smartphones in 2027, pending hardware from the Lenovo-owned brand that satisfies the privacy-focused Android fork's requirements.

Motorola unveiled the partnership at the Mobile World Congress on March 2, claiming it would "bring cutting-edge security to everyday users across the globe."

GrapheneOS currently has production support for devices including the Google Pixel 6, 7, 8, 9, and 10. Motorola’s future flagship devices are expected to join the list. "It will initially be flagships similar to the current generation Motorola Signature, Motorola razr fold and Motorola razr ultra since those will be the 2027 devices meeting our requirements including the expected updates and hardware memory tagging but it can expand over time," GrapheneOS posted on X (formerly Twitter).

GrapheneOS also noted that, in addition to upcoming smartphones running the operating system, Motorola will "integrate some GrapheneOS features/concepts into their regular OS too but that ...