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Moto G6 Play update adds one-button nav, Digital Wellbeing, and June 2019 patches
This month, the Moto G6 Play is getting another update with newer security patches and Motorola's great gesture navigation system.
The Moto G6 Play received Android Pie in the US last month. That update brought all the Pie goodies as well as the May 2019 security patches. This month, the phone is getting another update with newer security patches, Digital Wellbeing, and Motorola's gesture system.
[Update: US Unlocked] Moto G6 and G6 Play are getting the Android Pie update, starting in Brazil
The Motorola Moto G6 and Moto G6 Play are finally getting their stable Android Pie updates. The Android 9 update is rolling out first in Brazil.
After the stable update for the Moto G6 Plus rolled out last month, it's now time for the Moto G6 and Moto G6 Play to get a taste of pie. Soak tests for the aforementioned update have been ongoing in Brazil for nearly a month now, but the update has been deemed stable enough to roll out to more users. According to AndroidPit, the stable Android Pie update is rolling out for Moto G6 and Moto G6 Play users in Brazil. The update comes with December 2018 security patches and Android Pie features like the partial dark theme, horizontally aligned recent app cards, a gesture to mute the phone when pressing the volume up and power button, and other minor tweaks. Motorola doesn't heavily customize Android as some other manufacturers do, so it's not too surprising to see that their Android 9 Pie update doesn't visually change much over the Android 8.1 Oreo release.
[Update: Moto G6 Play Too] Motorola Moto G6 is reportedly getting an Android Pie soak test
Motorola Moto G6 users are reporting an Android Pie soak test update in the region of Brazil, alongside a security patch update to January 2019. Read on!
While the Motorola Moto G7 series is just around the corner, Motorola has not forgotten the Moto G6 when it comes to updates (which is surprising because Lenovo hasn't been the best when it comes to updating older phones). As it appears, the Motorola Moto G6 is getting an Android Pie soak test.
How A/B Partitions and Seamless Updates Affect Custom Development on XDA
You may have heard of Seamless Updates before. It involves something called "A/B partitions." What is it and how does it affect custom development on XDA?
When Android Nougat released, it had us talking about all kinds of new features. We got a newly updated user interface for starters along with long-awaited multiwindow capabilities and Vulkan Graphics API support. But one under-the-hood addition flew over the heads of most users. Android Nougat introduced "Seamless Updates" on devices that support A/B partitions. The vast majority of existing Android devices (excluding the new Google Pixel and Google Pixel XL) did not have A/B partitions at the time and thus couldn't take advantage of seamless updates. The basic premise of this feature is that the device has a second set of the system, boot, vendor, and other important partitions, and when you get an OTA update the update happens in the background while the second set of partitions are patched which lets you reboot into an updated software build seamlessly. If an update fails, you'll be kicked back to a working build, meaning companies will have fewer headaches to deal with and consumers are better protected.
Motorola's Moto G6 and Moto E5 series will have really poor software support
Motorola has announced that the Moto G6 series will get one major Android update. However, the Moto E5 series is not guaranteed a major update.
Motorola announced the new Moto G and Moto E series lineup on Thursday, and we have posted our first impressions of the new devices. The Moto G6 Plus is the flagship Moto G series device, and it will launch in various international markets, but not the US. In the US, the Moto G6 and the Moto G6 Play will be available, while the Moto E5 Plus (known as the Moto E5 in international markets) and the Moto E5 Play are the company's latest devices in the Moto E series.
Last month, Motorola confirmed that new Moto phones would be launched in April with a change in leadership. At an event in Brazil on Thursday, it officially announced the Moto G6, Moto G6 Play, Moto E5 Plus, and Moto E5 Play.
Motorola Moto G6, Moto G6 Play, Moto E5 Play, and Moto E5 Plus First Impressions
Lenovo's back again with four new budget smartphones for 2018: the Moto G6, Moto G6 Play, Moto E5 Plus, and Moto E5 Play. What's changed? Here are our first impressions of the cameras, performance, battery life, software, and more.
Motorola, the Chicago-based subsidiary of Lenovo, stumbled upon a winning strategy with the Moto E and Moto G series. The mid-to-low-tier smartphones remain incredibly popular in developing markets such as India, where the company has shipped more than six million units to date. But they're also a top seller in the U.S., where they're subsidized by prepaid carriers and retailers such as Amazon (for example, as part of Prime Exclusive Smartphones). In a sense, Motorola's merely keeping the wheels in motion with the Moto G6, Moto G6 Play, Moto G6 Plus, Moto E5 Plus, and Moto E5 Play, its 2018 lineup of wallet-friendly devices.