Motorola’s new low-cost Android phones will likely be among the many most cost-effective to get Google’s Circle to Search. The brand 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 characteristic together with the Gemini assistant.
Google’s Circle to Search has been a very helpful AI-powered characteristic since its debut, making it significantly noteworthy that it’ll now be accessible in gadgets that value underneath $200. The $170 Moto G Play will arrive first on Nov. 13, adopted by the $200 Moto G on Dec. 11.
Each telephones will include a 6.7-inch show and a 120Hz refresh fee, embrace 5G connectivity (which is a primary for the Play sequence) and get a 5,200mAh battery.
The $200 Moto G.
The lower-cost Play telephone will run on a Mediatek Dimensity 6300 processor and embrace 4GB of reminiscence that may be just about expanded to 12GB with the RAM Enhance characteristic. That perk basically borrows from the telephone’s 64GB of onboard storage which may be expanded to 1TB with a microSD card slot, whereas its battery may be recharged at an 18-watt pace. It should even have a 32-megapixel predominant digital camera on the again, and an 8-megapixel selfie digital camera. It should are available one colour known as Pantone Tapestry, which has a blue-green shade.
The marginally pricier Moto G will even run on the identical processor, however step up with 128GB of storage and a 30-watt wired charging pace. Its rear digital camera system leads with a 50-megapixel huge angle digital camera paired with a 2-megapixel macro digital camera, whereas its selfie shooter is a 32-megapixel digital camera. It should are available two colours, the Pantone Cattleya Orchid (a magenta-like shade) and Pantone Slipstream (a grey shade).
Whereas 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 similar to the 2025 model — significantly the inclusion of 4GB of onboard RAM. I discovered the prior Moto G to have stability points initially, which have been largely resolved by utilizing the RAM Enhance 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 underneath Android 16, and hopefully the larger batteries will even permit these less-powerful telephones to go even longer between fees.
