What you need to know
- Motorola has begun rolling out stable Android 12 updates to Motorola Edge (2021) and Motorola Edge Plus.
- It also recently updated the Moto Edge 20 Pro, Moto G50 and Moto G200 to Android 12.
- The brand still has almost 20 phones to be updated for the new OS.
Motorola Edge (2021) and Motorola Edge + will soon receive the Android 12 and March security patch, which launches in the US but rolls out to other territories in the “next few days”.
A Motorola Edge + owner on Twitter first wrote about the update on April 18 and took a screenshot of the update screen with build number S1PB32.41-10-17 and a download size of 1.45 GB. XDA developers first discovered and reported on the news.
With Google I / O just around the corner, Motorola has finally started rolling out Android 12 for Moto Edge + (2020). # Android12Hope it’s worth the wait. And even more, I hope this is a stable release as it is one of the last updates this phone will receive … pic.twitter.com/m7SNkXVkktApril 18, 2022
Motorola’s Android 12 update adds most of the core features you’ll get with a Pixel: Material You UI, approximate location permissions, enhanced widgets, microphone and camera locks, a renewed privacy dashboard, enhanced Android game mode, and other perks .
To check if the update is available on your phone, go to Settings> System> Advanced> System updates.
Motorola has mostly lagged behind other OEMs in Android 12 updates and first released its first update to the Moto G Pro in March. One can beneficially say that the brand’s reputation with updates has gotten a hit in the last few years.
But it has greatly improved its release calendar in April, targeting updates to the Moto Edge 20 Pro, Moto G50, Moto G200 and now its two Edge phones. Aside from the G50, most of these phones have decently powerful specs; it is good that Motorola has brought steady updates to these devices.
The Motorola Edge (2021) impressed us with its 144Hz panel, 2-day battery life and decently powerful Snapdragon 778G, but we did not like the cameras and poor IP rating. And the 2020 Motorola Edge + also had good specifications for that time, except for below-average cameras and no waterproofing.
Even with this recent rise, Motorola has yet to bring the update to the vast majority of its eligible devices, most of which are budget Android phones.
Our guide to when your phone will get Android 12 provides the full list of phones Motorola plans to update to Android 12, but the Razr 5G and 2020 will remain on Android 11, just like the latest releases like Moto G Power (2022).