Lenovo’s Motorola teams up with GrapheneOS for a future, non-Pixel phone

MANILA, Philippines – Lenovo’s Motorola announced it was partnering with the GrapheneOS Foundation to release a future phone sporting GrapheneOS, a de-Googled and more privacy-focused version of the Android mobile operating system.

In a statement on Monday, March 2, during the Mobile World Congress in Spain, Motorola said that together, “Motorola and the GrapheneOS Foundation will work to strengthen smartphone security and collaborate on future devices engineered with GrapheneOS compatibility.”

A spokesperson at GrapheneOS meanwhile said, “We are thrilled to be partnering with Motorola to bring GrapheneOS’s industry‑leading privacy and security‑focused mobile operating system to their next-generation smartphone.

The partnership announcement did not disclose the features it would be bringing in from GrapheneOS, a mobile operating system currently only compatible with Google’s Pixel series of phones as per its frequently asked questions page. That said, the possibility of a future phone with GrapheneOS installed is there, though what form it might take remains to be seen.

According to a report from 9to5Google, GrapheneOS developers previously said existing Motorola devices do not yet meet the hardware requirements for running the operating system.

– Rappler.com