r/Android • u/ControlCAD Google Pixel 10 Pro XL • Mar 01 '26

Video Google Is Closing Android. 37 Orgs Are Fighting Back. - Techlore

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5MZfGq5F1NU
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u/MigasEnsopado Mar 01 '26

In this case the software is Graphene. Motorola is the hardware partner.

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u/computermaster704 Purple Mar 01 '26

Lol currently they use android as software and most moto hardware is still severely out of date lmao

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u/benargee LGG5, 7.0 Mar 01 '26

Yeah, and Android(AOSP) is open source. That means it can be forked if Google makes subsequent versions closed source. Doing so motivates maintainers to work on the fork because they have no other option. It won't be as great, but it's not end of the road. Oracle has done the same, and great forked products come out of it.

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u/computermaster704 Purple Mar 01 '26

That's helping my point they have every opportunity to update and be up to date but instead they simply do not

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u/benargee LGG5, 7.0 Mar 01 '26

Yeah maybe. If they partner with GrapheneOS, they don't need to focus on OS, they just need to work closely to ensure the chosen hardware is compatible. Hopefully they only ask for a custom splash screen and don't ask for too many vendor specific features.

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u/computermaster704 Purple Mar 01 '26

If grapheneos handles the entire process themselves there is hope but vendor specific features can get very broad including npu access and other important chipsets and that's assuming your moto you get isn't boot locked (Verizon has specifically janked that even on pixels)

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u/one-joule Mar 01 '26

And the Moto hardware that isn’t out of date is hobbled by crap software.

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u/computermaster704 Purple Mar 01 '26

It's typically 1-3 Gen behind flagship and that's praying they use flagship processor