Motorola's upping its software update game with the new Razr

For quite some time now, many Motorola buyers have lamented at the fact that Motorola just doesn’t support their devices for very long. In fact, there was a phone they announced a couple years ago that they would only promise a single Android upgrade for. Which is really sad, but back then Motorola was also only targeting the cheaper Android market.

Now that Motorola is more into the high-end market, they are upping their software update game. This year, with the new Motorola Razr and Razr+, both devices will get three years of Android upgrades. Which means these will get Android 14, 15 and 16. It will also get bi-monthly security update for the next four years. Now that’s not quite as good as the monthly updates that the Pixel gets, but for most security patches, bi-monthly is definitely good enough.

Motorola heard our complaints

Not just Motorola customers, but also reviewers like myself, had long been complaining about the lack of software support, so definitely good to see Motorola making amends here with the Razr. The last thing you want to do after spending a grand on a new phone is to find out that it’s only getting one or two Android upgrades.

It’s still a tad bit behind Samsung at this point, but then again, even Google is behind them and they make Android. And everyone is behind Apple when it comes to updates, seeing as they will keep iPhones up to date for over 6 years.

There’s a lot of good things about the new Razr+, and Motorola does have a good reason to be excited for this launch. They’re doing a lot of good here, and it’s exciting to see another Android player emerging, especially in the US. Finally, someone is looking to take LG’s spot after they left the market over 3 years ago.