I really hope motorolla just does a regular unaltered Graphene OS and not some skinned version of it
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.
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.
Isn’t Motorola still a US company though? How is this a move away from US tech?
Nope, moto mobility is owned by lenovo. So chinese.
Looking at Wikipedia now, Motorola Mobility is owned by Lenovo but still a US based company, so kinda the worst of both, no?
Better than American owned and operated.
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.
I’m very confused this news. Reddit sub said it wasn’t Motorola. This post claimed it’s Motorola.
The Motorola mobile brand is owned by Lenovo. So it’s basically that.
Lenovo is based.
The same Lenovo that shipped laptops with a malicious root certificate preinstalled?
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.
My guess is, that they will offer a new Thinkphone model with GraphenOS to target business customers.
But of course I don’t know it, just guessing.
Twinkphone will require socks.
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.
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