Motorola’s New Moto G and Moto G Play Pack a Key Gemini Characteristic at a Decrease Worth

Motorola’s new low-cost Android telephones will likely be among the many least expensive to get Google’s Circle to Search. The new $200 Moto G and $170 Moto G Play for 2026, introduced Tuesday, will ship with Android 16 and include entry to the Gemini-powered function together with the Gemini assistant.

Google’s Circle to Search has been a very helpful AI-powered function since its debut, making it significantly noteworthy that it’ll now be obtainable in gadgets that value beneath $200. The $170 Moto G Play will arrive first on Nov. 13, adopted by the $200 Moto G on Dec. 11.

Both telephones will include a 6.7-inch show and a 120Hz refresh fee, embody 5G connectivity (which is a primary for the Play collection) and get a 5,200-mAh battery.

The lower-cost Play telephone will run on a Mediatek Dimensity 6300 processor and embody 4GB of reminiscence that may be nearly expanded to 12GB with the RAM Boost function. That perk basically borrows from the telephone’s 64GB of onboard storage, which will be expanded to 1TB with a microSD card slot, whereas its battery will be recharged at an 18-watt pace. It can even have a 32-megapixel predominant digicam on the again and an 8-megapixel selfie digicam. It will likely be obtainable in a single shade, known as Pantone Tapestry, which includes a blue-green shade.

The barely pricier Moto G can even run on the identical processor, however step up with 128GB of storage and a 30-watt wired charging pace. Its rear digicam system leads with a 50-megapixel wide-angle digicam paired with a 2-megapixel macro digicam, whereas its selfie shooter is a 32-megapixel digicam. It will are available in two colours, the Pantone Cattleya Orchid (a magenta-like shade) and Pantone Slipstream (a grey shade).

While I’m glad to see lower-cost telephones get Circle to Search, I’m considerably involved that most of the specs within the 2026 version of the Moto G are much like the 2025 mannequin — significantly the inclusion of 4GB of onboard RAM. I discovered the prior Moto G to have stability points initially, which had been largely resolved through the use of the RAM Boost setting to make the software program simulate extra reminiscence to help with loading apps and multitasking. We’ll have to check to see if the brand new 2026 Moto G telephones will optimize higher beneath Android 16, and hopefully, the larger batteries can even permit these less-powerful telephones to go even longer between prices.