Motorola’s track record for Android updates is… bad, but there’s at least one thing improving. For the third year in a row, Motorola’s Razr phones have been updated earlier than their predecessors, with Android 16 now headed to Razr (2025) and Razr Ultra.
Motorola announced its Android 16 rollout schedule in June 2025, with the company’s latest-generation Razr foldables picking up the update as early as January in some regions. Now, it’s landing on the US-specific Motorola Razr (2025) and Motorola Razr Ultra.
The rollout was first spotted by YTechB, with the update showing up for users on some carriers including Verizon. The update appears to be out for both the Razr (2025) and Razr Ultra, though there’s no word on if it’s available to unlocked users yet. Motorola’s changelog notes better Bluetooth LE support and “a more expressive design.”
The timing here is notable.
With the original Razr (2023) series, Motorola didn’t release the next major Android update, Android 14, until July after the sequels had already released. In May 2025, Motorola sped things up by a couple of months with the release of Android 15 for the Razr (2024) series. Even with Android 16’s earlier release in mind, this week’s release is still a bit of ahead of schedule. It’s always nice to see a bit of progress in the right direction.
Then again, Motorola just released a phone that isn’t promised any Android updates at all, so…
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