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 in the continued 12 months. The Gorilla Glass safety will probably be obtainable in the gadgets beginning the second half of the 12 months. 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 gadgets 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, nevertheless, the extra reasonably priced telephones didn’t. This transfer will now outcome in even the entry-level gadgets 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 will probably 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 outcome in extra scratch and drop-resistant shows even in the finances phase, nevertheless, it isn’t recognized whether or not there will probably be an impression on the costs because of it.
In a separate put up, 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 gadgets, related to what Apple, Samsung, Google, and a few Chinese manufacturers have already got.
Revealing a few of the options that customers will probably be in a position to entry by Smart Connect, Motorola highlighted Cross Control, which is able to 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 one other in a seamless vogue. Other talked about options embrace Notification Sync, Share Hub, Smart Clipboard, and extra.
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