Motorola proves it still doesn’t care about Android updates

Motorola and Android updates go together like oil and water. This story is as old as time, and everyone in the Android sphere is surely familiar with it. Be it the slow rollout speed or the lack of long-term update policies, Motorola has always been bad in this regard.

Because of this, it’s no surprise when Motorola launches new smartphones with poor update support. It’s something we’ve had to get used to over the years, whether we like it or not.

But with the Razr (2026) lineup, I’m completely fed up with Motorola’s inaction. When Motorola raises prices without any improvements – while also proving it can do better with other phones – I question why anyone who cares about Android would still want anything to do with this company.

Motorola has followed a fairly standard update policy with its Razr phones over the years. Since the Razr (2023) series, Motorola has only committed to three years of Android OS upgrades and four years of security updates. While this isn’t the company’s worst performance ever, it’s still not great.

This lack of support has been one of the most glaring disadvantages of the Razr lineup since the beginning, and with every generation, it’s one of the biggest knocks against Motorola’s foldables.

Still nothing ever changes. The Razer (2024) series is stuck with three years of Android updates + four years of security patches. Last year’s 2025 lineup did the same, and the latest family of 2026 Razer smartphones has done the same.

What’s particularly disappointing this time is that Motorola is asking you to pay more than ever for its Razr foldables, while doing nothing to improve its Android update support. The baseline Razer (2026) and Razer Plus (2026) are both $100 more than last year’s models, priced at $800 and $1,100, respectively. The Razer Ultra (2026) has seen a massive price increase of $200, taking its price to $1,500.

Just think about it for a minute. Motorola is asking you to pay $800, $1,100, etc $1,500 For its latest Razors, refusing to back down from just three years of Android OS updates. And that’s to say nothing of the phone’s spec sheets, which are eerily similar to last year’s Razrs.

Android updates aren’t everything – I’ll be the first to admit that. But that doesn’t excuse what Motorola is doing here. Asking for more than three Android updates on such an expensive smartphone shouldn’t be a tough request. But for whatever reason, Motorola can’t figure it out.

What adds to my irritation is the fact that Motorola feels it should do better on this front. Not only this, the company has proved many times that it is fully capable of doing this!

But if that’s the case, then why in the world are the Razer (2026), Razer Plus (2026), and Razer Ultra (2026) still stuck with only three updates? Why do the Signature and Fold deserve the promise of seven years of updates, but the entire Razer (2026) family doesn’t?

This is why I find it hard to believe that Motorola will ever commit to making sweeping improvements to the way it handles software updates. It’s one thing to offer long-term updates for only two smartphone models. It’s another thing to extend that policy to every phone that’s eligible. And I don’t think anyone would argue that foldables ranging from $800 to $1,500 are less worthy of that seven-year promise than the Signature and Fold.

I love what Motorola is doing in the Android space, and I think there’s still a lot of good the company can do – the Razr Fold is a prime example. But the good Motorola can do will always be limited as long as it continues to aggressively hamper its phones with poor software support.

I’ve complained about Motorola’s update policies in articles like this for years, and with each year that passes, Motorola’s shortcomings get worse. I would always like the company to improve things, but at this stage in 2026, this is really inexcusable.