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The news that GrapheneOS — the private mobile OS based on AOSP — is partnering with an as-yet-unnamed smartphone maker to officially support a Snapdragon-powered smartphone has the community pondering who the partner will be: Nothing, OnePlus, Xiaomi, or perhaps someone else. In any case, a greater choice in officially supported hardware will be a great thing when it comes to using a privacy-focused OS.
The bad news for Pixel-privacy fans is that after the Pixel 10, there’s no guarantee that GrapheneOS will add support for any of its successors. GrapheneOS has supported every Pixel model so far, following through on promises to support several devices through until end-of-life.