The Motorola Edge 50 Ultra is finally stepping up to Android 16, with the rollout now kicking off in Brazil. Motorola has been gradually pushing Google’s latest software to its recent flagships, and the Edge 50 Ultra is the next in line, giving owners a long-awaited bump in features, performance tuning, and security fixes.
For now, the update is limited to Edge 50 Ultra units sold in Brazil and is delivered over the air as a sizeable 1.64 GB download. 
It arrives as firmware version W1UV36H.61-15, so if you see that build number in your settings, you are looking at Android 16. As usual, the rollout is staged, meaning some users will spot the notification immediately while others might wait several days before it pops up.
The Edge 50 Ultra launched last year with Android 14 out of the box and has already jumped to Android 15. Android 16 is its third major platform build, and Motorola has promised one more: Android 17. After that, the phone will no longer receive big Android upgrades, but it is scheduled to keep getting security patches until April 2028, which should cover the realistic lifespan for most owners.
This update also highlights Motorola’s complicated reputation around software. The company ships a very clean, almost vanilla Android interface with just a light layer of Moto extras, yet the rollout speed often lags behind rivals. Even premium devices sometimes wait months for a new Android version, and security updates have a history of arriving only every other month. When delays are followed by occasional bugs, it understandably frustrates users who otherwise love the hardware.
And the hardware is still easy to love. With up to 16 GB of RAM and as much as 1 TB of storage, the Edge 50 Ultra remains one of the more capable Motorola phones you can buy. Its curved display, fast charging and stylish build echo what made earlier Edge models so appealing back in 2020, while fans still hope future generations push details like perfectly symmetrical bezels even further.
Owners of other models such as the Edge 50 Neo will now be watching closely. Motorola has not shared a public timeline for when Android 16 will reach the rest of the Edge 50 family, but if history is any guide, the rollout is likely to move slowly from Brazil to other regions and then to cheaper variants. For the moment, though, it is the Edge 50 Ultra that finally gets to show what Android 16 can do on Motorola’s high-end hardware.