Motorola Proclaims New Deal With Corning at MWC 2024; to Use Gorilla Glass for Its Total Portfolio

Motorola introduced a brand new take care of Corning on the Mobile World Congress (MWC) 2024 that can see it use Gorilla Glass for its complete portfolio in 2024. This will embrace each smartphones and tablets that launch within the ongoing yr. The Gorilla Glass safety might be accessible within the units beginning the second half of the yr. The firm additionally unveiled Smart Connect, a software program that connects smartphones, PCs and tablets in a unified ecosystem and can assist customers simply join Motorola units with Lenovo’s laptop computer choices.

The firm made the announcement through its Newsroom the place it highlighted “the entire 2024 portfolio of Motorola devices will feature Corning Gorilla Glass, starting in the second half of this year.” Prior to the deal, solely the costly Motorola smartphones featured the show safety, nonetheless, the extra reasonably priced telephones didn’t. This transfer will now lead to even the entry-level units from the corporate coming with Gorilla Glass.

“This partnership builds on Lenovo’s collaboration with Corning in the laptop and tablet categories by featuring Gorilla Glass on select Lenovo laptops and tablets,” the corporate added.

While the announcement didn’t point out which Gorilla Glass might be used, a report by 9to5Google highlighted that in a demo at MWC, the corporate showcased Gorilla Glass 5 and Gorilla Glass Victus 2. For the customers, this transfer will lead to extra scratch and drop-resistant shows even within the finances section, nonetheless, it isn’t identified whether or not there might be an impression on the costs on account of it.

In a separate publish, Motorola additionally introduced the launch of Smart Connect, a brand new software program that gives unified connectivity between the model’s smartphones, tablets and Lenovo’s laptops and PCs. The transfer is aimed toward creating an ecosystem between the completely different units, much like what Apple, Samsung, Google, and a few Chinese manufacturers have already got.

Revealing a few of the options that customers will have the ability to entry via Smart Connect, Motorola highlighted Cross Control, which can allow utilizing a single keyboard and mouse between a telephone, laptop computer, and pill. The Swipe to Stream function will let customers decide any app or exercise from one machine to a different in a seamless trend. Other talked about options embrace Notification Sync, Share Hub, Smart Clipboard, and extra.