Motorola just proved that it still doesn’t care about Android updates

Motorola and Android updates go together like oil and water. It’s a tale as old as time, and certainly familiar to anyone in the Android space. Slow rollout speed or lack of long-term update policies, Motorola has always been bad at this.

That’s why it’s never surprising that 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 Razr (2026) lineupI am absolutely fed up with Motorola’s inaction. When Motorola raises prices without any improvements – while proving it can work better with other phones – I question why anyone who cares about Android still wants to do anything with this company.

Motorola has followed a pretty standard update policy with its Razr phones over the past few years. Since the Razr (2023) lineup, Motorola has only committed to three years of Android OS upgrades and four years of security updates. While not the worst we’ve seen from the company, it’s still not good.

This lack of support has been one of the most glaring shortcomings of the Razr line since its inception, and with each generation it’s one of the biggest knocks against Motorola’s foldables.

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

What’s particularly frustrating this time around is that Motorola is asking you to pay more than usual for its Razr foldables without doing anything to improve Android update support. The base Razr (2026) and Razr Plus (2026) are both $100 more than last year’s models, at $800 and $1,100, respectively. The Razr Ultra (2026) sees a $200 price increase, bringing it to $1,500.

Just think about that for a minute. Motorola asks you to pay $800, $1100 1500 dollars for the latest Razrs, they all refuse to give up three years of Android OS updates. That’s to say nothing of the phones’ spec sheets, which are nearly identical to last year’s Razrs.

Android updates aren’t the be-all and end-all – I’ll be the first to admit it. But that doesn’t excuse what Motorola did here. Asking for more than three Android updates on smartphones this expensive shouldn’t be a tall order. But for whatever reason, Motorola just doesn’t get it.

What aggravates me is that Motorola knows it needs to do better in this area. Not only that, but the company has proven time and time again that it is perfectly capable of doing this!

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

This makes it hard for me to believe that Motorola will commit to vastly improving its approach to software updates. It’s one thing to only offer long-term updates for two smartphone models. It’s another thing to extend that policy to every phone that deserves it. I don’t think anyone deserves the seven-year promises that $800 to $1,500 folding products deserve any less than Signature and Fold.

I love a lot of what Motorola is doing in the Android space, and I think the company still has a lot more to do — The Razr Fold is a prime example. But the good Motorola can do will always be limited as long as their phones are hampered by poor software support.

I’ve been complaining about Motorola’s update policies in articles like this for years, and every year Motorola’s shortcomings get uglier. I’ll always want the company to make things better, but at this stage in 2026, it’s really inexcusable.