Motorola and Verizon are pushing Android 12 to the Motorola Edge +, which they co-released in 2020 for 1,000. Android 12, for those who have been holding it, has been available for phone updates since October last year, so yes, it seems like a hell of a delay.
I don’t want to spend too much time here, because we all know that Motorola lacks commitment to regular or quick updates. If you own this phone, which I’m not sure many people do, you’ll want to grab it and get the latest Android updates.
That said, you might remember that when it was released, the world collectively priced the phone and Motorola initially only promised 1 OS update. It would have left the phone on Android 11 last year, but Freakout has pushed them to expand it to two OS updates. This Android 12 update is the second and probably the last. I can’t imagine that there are plans to support this phone more after Motorola.
The build to search is RPB31.Q1-19-58-30-4. According to Verizon’s Changelog, this includes the April Android security patch and the following:
Android OS 12
You say hello material! Reflect your personal style across your device, easily interact with conversation widgets, control mic and camera access with pointers and toggles, keep your specific location private with approximate location permissions, and see the new Privacy Dashboard.
Other improvements
- P-Early-Media Title: Enjoy a shorter call setup time and better voice quality for the Motorola HD Voice Phone.
- Advanced calling user interface: Advanced Calling is now enabled by default and the user interface has been deleted
- Verizon Location Agent (VLA) app: Verizon Location Agent app has been removed.
- Verizon Digital Secure: A new version of the Verizon Digital Secure app has been added (ver. 5.3.0.1133).
- Transfer from N5 to N5: Fixed a cell detection problem.
To get the update, go to Settings> About phone> System updates.