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From ‘Hey Alexa’ to ‘Hello Moto’… Motorola has announced a partnership with ecommerce giant Amazon that will see the latter’s voice assistant tech embedded natively into most of Motorola’s devices…

Motorola picks Amazon’s Alexa as its voice assistant

If you’ve been out of the Android game for a while you’d be hard-pressed to understand why people love OnePlus so much. These phones, conceived by the folks who initially…

The OnePlus 2 Returns With Another Indie Phone Powerhouse

Motorola has just unveiled its new lineup of smartphones, the Moto G, Moto X Style and Moto X Play. While these phones are mostly updated versions of their previous iterations,…

The New Moto X And Moto G Are Incredibly Cheap Yet Powerful Phones

Just like the song says: Are you ready for several foot falls? Verizon’s ready, ready to snap your halfback some yards after carry with its new, exclusive Moto X with a football…

Activate Your Red Zones: Verizon Has A Football Leather Moto X

The Moto X (2nd gen) is a welcome addition in a world full of big phones. It’s relatively slim and compact and, just like its predecessor, comes with options for…

Before the launch of the iPhone 6 Plus, the idea of people being concerned about how “bendy” their phone is would’ve seemed laughable. A week later, I’m hearing random people…

Bending All The Phones: iPhone 6 vs. HTC One M8 vs. Moto X

As we enter the era of the ubiquitous Big Phone, it’s refreshing to hold something like the slim and light second-generation Moto X. Priced at $500 unlocked and about $99…

Motorola’s Moto X Should Be Your Next Android Phone

Motorola is updating its flagship Moto X, and it’s an improvement that makes one of the best deals in mobile even better, even if it doesn’t completely revolutionize what came…

The All New Moto X Arrives Later This Month For $499.99 Unlocked

Motorola has taken it upon itself to give us the future the movie Her promised us – or at least one key ingredient in the future. The new Moto Hint…

The Moto Hint Aims To Make You Feel Like You’re Living The Future From The Movie ‘Her’

Part of the sales pitch for Motorola Mobility’s (then Google-owned) Moto X smartphone was that it was partly U.S.-made; an assembly plant to put together the Moto X opened in…

Motorola Mobility’s US Moto X Assembly Plant To Close By End Of Year

Let’s be real here: there’s a decent chance that you picked up a new smartphone at some point during the holidays, so you’re off the market for at least a…

Motorola’s Flagship Moto X Gets A Permanent Price Cut

Happy Friday, lovers. Gift Guide season is upon us, which is why we spend a good chunk of this podcast discussing smart gifts to buy your friends and loved ones.…

This Week On The TC Gadgets Podcast: Moto X, Drone Hacks, And Gift Guides Galore

Motorola has done its best to deliver a premium experience with an affordable price tag with the Moto G, the little sibling to the higher priced Moto X. Both phones…

Moto G Review: Motorola Bridges The Gap Between Cheap And Good In Smartphones

Motorola’s Moto X is a solid phone, but part of its appeal are the customization options that allow users to engrave things into the back, change the color and even…

Moto X Customization Via Moto Maker Comes To All Major U.S. Carriers

The Moto X has caused a rift between the TechCrunch Gadgets family. Chris Velazco and I think it’s just fine, whereas Darrell Etherington and John Biggs are rather unimpressed. But…

Fly Or Die: Motorola Moto X

I’ve been spending a lot of time with the Moto X lately (full review coming shortly), and while the spec sheet isn’t to everyone’s liking, it packs some smart features…

Hell No Moto X

8:00 am PDT • August 4, 2013

Motorola unveiled its Motorola X smartphone last week, and our own Chris Velazco found the phone impressive enough. But the more I think about it, the less impressed I am…

Hell No Moto X

Gillmor Gang: What’s Up Doc

10:00 am PDT • August 3, 2013

The Gillmor Gang — Bret Taylor, Robert Scoble, Kevin Marks, Keith Teare, and Steve Gillmor — gather in real time to try out Bret’s new startup, Quip. The last time…

Gillmor Gang: What’s Up Doc

Here comes the Moto X, the fanciest phone out of Motorola in a long time and here already came the Nexus 7, a device that may beat out the iPad…

This Week On The TechCrunch Gadgets Podcast: Nexus 7, Moto X, And 3D Printing Gives You Cancer

Motorola has never been the most prolific smartphone maker, but there’s no question that they’ve churned out a lot of hardware over the years. Now that Motorola is flying under…

The New Motorola Is Focusing On “Very Few” Devices, And A Low-Cost Phone May Be Next

Hello Moto X

12:02 pm PDT • August 1, 2013

After Google acquired Motorola Mobility last year, we wondered what was next for the smartphone company. It spent ages clearing out its pipeline of smartphones that were already in development…

Hello Moto X

Motorola released a trio of devices today at a special press event for its line of Verizon phones in New York City. The company showed off phones that in many…

Motorola Clears The Pipes With New Verizon Droids – Time For The Google Era To Begin In Earnest

This Is The Moto X

7:30 am PDT • July 22, 2013

Meet Motorola’s next flagship smartphone: The Moto X. Reportedly assembled in the great state of Texas, nearly every aspect of the phone has leaked prior to the phone’s official unveiling…

This Is The Moto X

Well, here we go. After a considerable amount of teasing (not to mention cheerleading from Google execs during earnings calls), Motorola Mobility is finally ready to unveil its long-awaited Moto…

Motorola Will Officially Unveil The Moto X In New York On August 1

Hello and welcome to another Friday. It’s a scorcher out there, AMIRITE? But we’re here to cool things down a bit with yet another episode of the TechCrunch Gadgets Podcast.

This Week On The TC Gadgets Podcast: Surface RT, Moto X, And The Seattle Meetup

Motorola’s secretive Moto X smartphone has been spotted in its fair share of photos (leaked and otherwise) this past week, but there are only so many thrills to be derived…

Leaked Video Highlights Moto X Software Features, Including Always-On Voice Commands

TechCrunch is in Austin this week for some excellent pitch-offs and BBQ. We also learned of the new Moto X, a secret phone that could change Motorola’s fortunes, the August…

This Week On The TechCrunch Gadgets Podcast: Moto X, Locks, And Austin