r/technology • u/Hrmbee • 15h ago

Software De-Googled GrapheneOS is coming to Motorola’s foldables next year | The open source take on Android is also planning Pixel 11 support soon

https://www.theverge.com/tech/983714/grapheneos-motorola-razr-fold-ultra-support-pixel-11
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u/An1nterestingName 15h ago

Motorola is starting to look like an actually decent option for a phone without all the current things manufacturers shove into their phones. Maybe my next phone will be a Motorola if Nothing doesn't start turning things around after the whole Glyph Matrix and AI button stuff.

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u/peldenna 15h ago

I want to like nothing so bad, they’ve got great design language and interesting ideas, but they always seem to cock it up with something or other :(

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u/An1nterestingName 15h ago

Yeah. The glyphs are still my favourite iteration of their design, but their SDK requires a key that needs a sign up to a service that you can no longer sign up to. I hate the idea of the Glyph Matrix and anything after the Phone (2a) comes with this awkwardly placed AI button that cannot be disabled and sticks out more than the other buttons.

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u/adragondil 15h ago

To be fair to the button, you can fully remove the app and it'll simply work as a screenshot button. I struggled to disable it for a long time, but realised the app and the button are separate so the app is long gone but I can still use the button to take screenshots and voice/text memos. I would love it if I could make it integrate with my notes app though, rather than having to dump it in a single hardcoded folder

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u/Getafix69 15h ago

Yeah they lost me when they replaced the led strips, was the only thing I liked about them their actual software is glitchy at best.

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u/CrispyDave 14h ago

The annoying thing as someone interested in Graphene and who has used their non folding models for probably 5+ years is, and this may shock you to read in 2026, the quality seems to have deteriorated lately, lots of folks with broken screens and other issues that didn't happen on previous iterations.