8-Month Review: Daily Experience with GrapheneOS on Pixel Fold and Motorola Partnership Announcement
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Summary
The author shares an 8.4-month experience using GrapheneOS on a Pixel Fold, highlighting the recent announcement of GrapheneOS partnering with Motorola to offer non-Pixel devices. The article details the author's journey with the privacy-focused mobile operating system, including a positive backup experience when their Pixel 9 Pro Fold failed, and provides insights into daily usability, privacy features, and the significance of the Motorola partnership for expanding hardware options beyond Google Pixel devices.
Key quotes
· 5 pulledFirst, the big news I've been waiting for: GrapheneOS announced they are partnering with motorola to offer a non-pixel device!
I've been battling support around the replacement, but was pleasantly surprised by the GrapheneOS backup experience.
The upside from all of this is I needed to reinstall GrapheneOS and that gave me a chance to reflect on the last 8.4 months.
I've been running GrapheneOS on my Pixel Fold for over half a year now and can finally provide some experience on what it's like.
Also, the official hardware partnership was announced!
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