‘It’s without a doubt one of the least detrimental privacy-focused solutions to your mobile experience’: I spent a month testing GrapheneOS — and it almost made me ditch my Android phone entirely

Graphene OS showing on a Pixel 8 Pro.

I don’t often consider ditching Android, but GrapheneOS, a privacy-focused alternative, poses an interesting question: what security features am I missing out on by using Google’s mobile operating system (OS)?

GrapheneOS is an open-source mobile OS, designed for Google Pixel phones (and soon Motorola devices), that promises better security capabilities like improved sandboxing, exploitation protections, and more complete vulnerability patching.