Update 1 (09/07/2020 @ 05:51 AM ET): Motorola has pushed the soak test builds as stable, for the Motorola One Zoom and Moto G8 Plus. Scroll to the bottom for more information. The article as published on July 31, 2020, is preserved below.

Different smartphone OEMs go by their own schedule when it comes to Android updates. Motorola, for example, prefers to conduct limited invitation-based public beta testing (commonly referred to as "soak testing") before the actual release of a major Android version update through the stable channel. The final beta firmware is often mature enough to be considered as the stable build, which means the soak testing phase is a pretty good indicator of the arrival of the stable update. Now, the Motorola One Zoom (also known as the Motorola One Pro) and the Moto G8 Plus have started receiving such soak test builds of Android 10.

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Motorola One Zoom

Despite the "One" tag, the Motorola One Zoom (codename "parker") is not a part of the Android One initiative. The Qualcomm Snapdragon 675-powered phone was announced at IFA 2019 with Android Pie onboard. The Android 10 soak test for this device is currently running in Brazil, where the company has pushed several beta builds so far. The version number of the latest soak test build is QPH30.29-Q3-28-13 and it comes with the July 2020 security patches.

Moto G8 Plus

The Moto G8 Plus (codename "doha") packs in the Qualcomm Snapdragon 665 SoC along with 4GB of RAM and 64GB of storage. The phone runs a close-to-stock version of Android Pie out of the box, while the soak testing of Android 10 is underway in Brazil. Those enrolled their device to Motorola’s Feedback Network (MFN) have received multiple beta builds as of yet, with the latest one featuring July 2020 security patches.

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It is worth noting that the soak test beta builds sometimes contain critical bugs. Therefore, we would recommend you to stay away from sideloading these beta builds on your daily driver. Once all the known issues are being ironed out, Motorola will push the stable update to all users, including the beta testers.


Update: Official stable rollout of Android 10 for the Motorola One Zoom and Moto G8 Plus

Motorola has begun rolling out the official Android 10 stable update for the Motorola One Zoom and Moto G8 Plus. Users for both the devices report that they have received an update in the stable branch, which is the same build as was tested in the soak test. Build numbers are QPH30.29-Q3-28-13 for the One Zoom, and QPI30.28-Q3-28-26 for the G8 Plus. The builds are likely rolling out gradually, so it should reach out to more users as the days progress.