Privacy-Focused GrapheneOS Is Coming to Motorola Phones in 2027
GrapheneOS, a privacy-first, open-source mobile operating system, is expanding beyond Google Pixels to support Motorola smartphones next year.
The GrapheneOS Foundation, which develops the OS, wrote on Mastodon that initial support will begin with traditional flagship devices before reaching foldable models, like the Motorola Razr Fold.
GrapheneOS has rigorous security standards, which it said many 2026 Motorola models are close to meeting. The company revealed that the next generation of Snapdragon chips will meet these standards, which is why it expects GrapheneOS to land on Motorola devices in 2027. Current 2026 Motorola models won’t be supported retroactively because they lack a few crucial hardware security features.
Unlike Google’s Android operating system, GrapheneOS prioritizes hardware-level anonymity and zero-trust isolation by default by removing built-in tracking and stripping Play Services down to an isolated app sandbox. It pairs this “de-Googled” baseline with some active, OS-level privacy protections to give users more control...
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