Motorola DROID Mini

Verizon’s DROID Ultra, Maxx and Mini won’t be updated to Lollipop; Motorola offers meager discounts to make up for it

Motorola has finally admitted that the DROID Ultra, Maxx and Mini will not be receiving an update to Android 5.0 Lollipop.

Motorola says promised Lollipop update is coming ‘really soon’ to 2013/2014 smartphone lineup

If you own any of Motorola’s 2013 or 2014 flagship devices don’t give up hope. Motorola says Lollipop is coming “really soon” but only after they make sure it’s relatively bug-free.

Motorola Migrate update now lets you import contacts from dumbphones

We’re not sure how many people will be upgrading from a dumbphone to one of Motorola’s latest smartphones (including the Moto G and Moto X 2014), but if you are then we have some good news for you: Motorola Migrate now supports your phone!

Verizon posts Android 4.4.4 changelog for all 2013 DROID phones

Verizon and Motorola have confirmed that their DROID devices from 2013 — including the DROID Mini, Ultra and MAXX — will be receiving Android 4.4.4 builds. Changelog awaits you inside.

Motorola Connect update finally Brings MMS support

Users of the Moto X and Verizon’s DROID phones have a great update to look forward to if they use Motorola Connect to receive and respond to text messages on their Chrome browsers. The app has finally been updated to bring partial support for MMS.

Motorola Touchless Controls’ “What’s Up” command is too awesome for words [VIDEO]

Yesterday, we told you guys about a new upgrade to Motorola’s Touchless Controls app that added an awesome new command. Saying “What’s Up” or “Read Notifications” will have the phone read back a list of your recent notifications. We gave the new feature a spin on video on the Motorola DROID MAXX running Android 4.4 KitKat, and marveled at the fact that it sounds pretty natural and fluid.

Motorola Touchless Control’s new “What’s Up” command will read your notifications aloud

A new upgrade is headed to the Touchless Controls app on the Moto X and the Verizon DROID Mini, Ultra and MAXX. There weren’t a multitude of new features, though the magnitude of the one new feature certainly does excite us. Motorola has added a new “What’s Up” command, which will recite your notifications back to you in an oddly-digitized voice.

Motorola’s Gallery app heads to Google Play with new user interface

Owners of the Motorola Moto X and Verizon’s newest DROID phones will be happy to know that the company’s gallery app has been put into the Google Play Store. They also too this opportunity to bring us a brand new user interface.

Would you buy a Motorola phone if they had early access to Android updates? [POLL]

When Android 4.4 KitKat launched, we were surprised to see that the Moto X got the upgrade before most Nexus devices. It wasn’t a huge gap between the rollouts, but the fact that any non-Nexus device got it before any others was astonishing. Some suspected Motorola might have had privileged access to the update. Would you buy a Motorola phone if that were true? Vote in the poll inside!

Motorola DROID Maxx, Ultra and Mini KitKat upgrades resume rolling out

It appears a larger group of folks are being greenlit to pull down the Android 4.4 KitKat update they’ve been craving, with reports from owners of the Motorola DROID Mini, Motorola DROID MAXX and Motorola DROID Ultra telling us that much.