Motorola Unveils AI-Powered Razr Smartphone Series with Perplexity Integration

Moto AI and Perplexity Are Ready for Primetime on Motorola's New Razr Phones

Moto AI is expanding further than ever before with the company's new Razr series of smartphones -- the Razr Ultra, Razr+, and Razr -- all packed with AI features. The Moto AI brand is exclusive to Motorola's products and it's the company's way to distinguish itself from the competition by offering unique AI integration. But Motorola is also teaming up with Perplexity to pre-install the AI company's app on all new Motorola devices. Everyone with new Motorola phones, including Razr and Edge 60 devices, will get three months of Perplexity Pro for free (it's usually $20 per month). This includes deep research; a choice of advanced AI models including Sonar, Claude 3.5 Sonnet, and GPT-4o; Pro Shopping features; and unlimited file uploads and Pro/Reasoning searches. Motorola and Perplexity also created a few custom integrations, including direct access through Moto AI by typing "Ask Perplexity" and a Perplexity Assistant that can do things like send emails, set smart reminders, play media, request rides, and book restaurant reservations. Standout Moto AI features, meanwhile, include Catch Me Up, which is designed to give you an easy-to-read digest of recent notifications. It can summarize activity on your phone for when you're swamped with updates and you want a quick rundown of the most important parts. Apple Intelligence has a similar feature for iPhones called Summarize Notifications, but the feature has been hit or miss. Apple had to pause it for news-related items after it incorrectly pushed summaries with incorrect information. Another Moto AI feature is Remember This, where you can save key details on your phone and find them again within a virtual journal. If you want to remember an address or a key piece of information, ask Moto AI to save it and it'll put it into your journal for you to retrieve later. Motorola's Pay Attention is a recorder feature for meetings that uses AI to generate a transcript, similar to services like Google Recorder or Otter. Moto AI will give you key points from your meeting in an easy-to-read list. Next Move uses what is on your phone's screen to predict which app you're likely to switch to next, and give you suggestions on apps you may want to use. This works on the Razr's external display, too. It's not just software from Motorola, as there's a new Moto AI button on its flagship Ultra phone that will make it even easier to access AI features. Moto AI was first introduced at the end of 2024 where various features were brought to last year's Razr series and the Edge 50 Ultra for owners to trial in an open beta. Each phone will be available to preorder on May 7 and will go on sale from May 15. The Razr Ultra costs $1,299.99, the Razr+ is $999.99, while the standard Razr costs $699.99.

Motorola Debuts $1,300 AI-Infused Razr Phone, Swarovski Earbuds

Motorola launched a new Razr foldable phone lineup loaded with a suite of artificial intelligence assistants in a far-reaching overhaul of its portfolio that also includes new earbuds and a watch. The Lenovo Group Ltd. brand is positioning itself to offer consumers more choice of software and trendy accessories beyond market leaders Apple Inc. and Samsung Electronics Co. The new Razr Ultra, priced at $1,300, is the third phone in the series. They'll all be preloaded with Perplexity AI's app as well as AI models from Microsoft Corp., Meta Platforms Inc. and Alphabet Inc.'s Google via the phones' Motorola AI assistant. That collection of third-party software helps power features like responding to user queries, identifying contextual information and summarizing notifications.

Motorola's Razr 2025 series is here, including the most expensive Razr yet

All three models have an expansive cover screen with a rear camera island, an IP48 rating, a redesigned hinge, and a less prominent crease. The company also revealed that all three phones will have a pre-installed Perplexity AI app optimized for the cover screen and three free months of Perplexity Pro. Motorola hopped on the AI bandwagon last year with its Moto AI features, and all three phones will offer this suite of capabilities. Some of the notable AI additions include image generation, Catch Me Up (an optional notification summary feature), Remember This, and Next Move. Remember This is similar to Nothing's Essential Space, although Motorola first announced this feature last year. Meanwhile, Next Move will effectively suggest when specific Moto AI features could come in handy. The manufacturer also offers a nifty Playlist Studio AI feature, which generates music playlists based on user descriptions.

The new Moto Razr will run Perplexity and CoPilot as part of Moto AI

Table of Contents Table of Contents A choice of AI platforms New Moto AI features When can you get these devices? Motorola has today unveiled three new smartphones -- the Razr 2025, Razr Plus 2025, and Razr Ultra 2025 -- alongside the new Moto Buds Loop earbuds, the Moto Watch Fit smartwatch, and more. The three new Razr phones are built with AI in mind, and as part of a preview yesterday, we learned that they also feature several firsts for AI in smartphones. A choice of AI platforms Out of the box, all three Razr devices will come preinstalled with Google Gemini as the default voice assistant. However, in addition to this, all three devices will also have access to rival AI platforms, including Perplexity and Microsoft CoPilot. If you buy one of the new Razr models, you'll also get access to three months of Perplexity Pro for free. Recommended Videos Each phone uses a different chipset and therefore has different capabilities when it comes to running complex LLM models on-device. The Razr Ultra 2025 is the only model to use the latest Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite processor, which also gives it access to a neural processing unit with 80 TOPS of performance. This means that it's also the only phone capable of running Meta's Llama 3.2 model, which is powering Motorola's new Look and Talk feature. New Moto AI features The new feature enables you to interact with Moto AI without touching the screen or using voice commands when using the Razr Ultra 2025 in stand or tent mode. This means you can instantly access Moto AI features at a glance without needing to activate them. For those who prefer, you can also activate these features by pressing and holding the dedicated AI key. The new Razr 2025 series comes equipped with a range of new Moto AI features. The Look and Talk feature is exclusive to the Razr Ultra 2025, but all three devices also gain access to upgraded versions of the original Moto AI features. These include Catch Me Up to summarize notifications, Remember This to save and easily recall screenshots, and Pay Attention to start a voice recording complete with instant transcription. When can you get these devices? All three devices are also the first to debut new Moto AI 2.0 features, including Next Move, which reads what's on your screen and recommends next steps, such as creating a music playlist, generating images with Image Studio, or saving important details to recall them later easily. Pre-orders for the new Razr 2025 will launch May 7, starting at $699.99, with all three devices on sale on May 15.