I just updated my 2025 Moto G Stylus 5G to Android 16 only to discover the only feature I updated for doesn’t work on my device thanks to Qualcomm.

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That was one of the “upside” of a samsung with an Exynos vs the Qualcomm ones

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Yeah, my last phone was one of the Galaxy phones with the hardware locked bootloader. I should’ve looked a bit harder when choosing my current phone for one with a bit more open source support, but I think I’ll be pretty happy once I can get Lineage running.

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