{"id":62738,"date":"2026-03-02T11:43:29","date_gmt":"2026-03-02T14:43:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/manualdousuario.net\/?p=62738"},"modified":"2026-03-02T11:43:29","modified_gmt":"2026-03-02T14:43:29","slug":"motorola-grapheneos-parceria","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/manualdousuario.net\/en\/motorola-grapheneos-parceria\/","title":{"rendered":"Motorola and GrapheneOS announce long-term partnership"},"content":{"rendered":"

For several months, the maintainers of GrapheneOS<\/a>, an alternative, security and privacy-focused version of Android, had been talking about a partnership with a major manufacturer. On Monday (2nd<\/sup>), at the Mobile Web Congress (MWC), we found out who the partner is: Motorola Mobility.<\/p>\n

The press release<\/a> is vague, but it contains encouraging information. According to Motorola, the partnership is a \u201clong-term\u201d one and the company and the GrapheneOS Foundation \u201cwill work to strengthen smartphone security and collaborate on future devices engineered with GrapheneOS compatibility.\u201d<\/p>\n

The article addresses two other new features, Moto Analytics, for the corporate market, and Private Image Data, a setting that removes metadata from photos, presumably more geared toward domestic consumers.<\/p>\n

I say this because, at the beginning, Motorola announces \u201cthe addition of new consumer and enterprise solutions.\u201d It would be a shame if GrapheneOS were restricted to corporate market \u2014 in some cases, these are not even sold at retail.<\/p>\n

There are also questions about how GrapheneOS will be offered. \u201cDevices designed to be compatible with GrapheneOS\u201d can be interpreted as an aftermarket solution, where it is up to the consumer to swap Google's Android for GrapheneOS.<\/p>\n

This would not be surprising given that it is the only way to get GrapheneOS today even though in a unnofficial manner. The OS is only compatible with Google's Pixel phones, which \u2014 obviously \u2014 come with company's Android pre-installed.<\/p>\n

The good news is that the replacement process is very easy. It consists of connecting the phone to a computer via a USB-C cable, accessing this website<\/a> from a Chromium-based browser, and clicking the buttons as they follow.<\/p>\n

On the GrapheneOS Foundation side, the Mastodon profile linked to Motorola's statement saying that<\/a> \u201cwe’re collaborating on future devices meeting our privacy and security standards with official GrapheneOS support.\u201d<\/p>\n

The news is encouraging, despite the lack of details, devices, and dates. (Motorola only says that more details will be revealed \u201cin the coming months\u201d as the partnership evolves.) GrapheneOS is considered the gold standard in terms of mobile OS privacy and security and is completely \u201cdegoogled,\u201d but with Google Play Services (on which many popular apps depend) available in an isolated environment. There is a lot of material out there about this OS; I recommend this video<\/a> from the Veronica Explains<\/cite> channel.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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