{"id":235834,"date":"2026-01-16T05:18:09","date_gmt":"2026-01-16T05:18:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/235834\/"},"modified":"2026-01-16T05:18:09","modified_gmt":"2026-01-16T05:18:09","slug":"motorola-moto-g-play-2026-in-for-review","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/235834\/","title":{"rendered":"Motorola Moto G Play (2026) in for review"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Motorola skipped a generation in 2025, but the Moto G Play is back in 2026 &#8211; meet the aptly named <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gsmarena.com\/motorola_moto_g_play_5g_(2026)-14139.php\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Moto G Play (2026)<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>It came out alongside the Moto G (2026) in November and shares most of its specs with it &#8211; the screen, the chipset, and the battery capacity are all the same. Where they differ is in the storage &#8211; 128GB for the G, 64GB for the G Play; the charging speed is 30W on the Moto G (2026) and 18W on the Play (2026).<\/p>\n<p>You also get better cameras on the Moto G (2026) &#8211; 50MP main vs 32MP, a second 2MP macro, and a high-res 32MP selfie vs 8MP on the Moto G Play (2026).<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"inline-image\" width=\"1200\" height=\"800\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/1768540688_907_gsmarena_001.jpg\" alt=\"Motorola Moto G Play (2026) in for review\"\/><\/p>\n<p>The Moto G Play (2026) ships in just one color and finish &#8211; Pantone Tapestry. It&#8217;s a playful blue color that we like. It&#8217;s matched with a cyan-accented UI.<\/p>\n<p>The phone has the now-classic Moto leather-like back panel, which feels nice to touch. The cost-effectiveness shines through in the plastic frame, but it doesn&#8217;t feel cheap.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"inline-image\" width=\"1200\" height=\"800\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/1768540688_474_gsmarena_002.jpg\" alt=\"Motorola Moto G Play (2026) in for review\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Like the Moto G (2026) and the Moto G Power (2026), you get a single USB cable in the box.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"inline-image\" width=\"1200\" height=\"800\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/1768540689_377_gsmarena_003.jpg\" alt=\"Motorola Moto G Play (2026) in for review\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Motorola Moto G Play 5G (2026)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Motorola skipped a generation in 2025, but the Moto G Play is back in 2026 &#8211; meet the&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":235835,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[16],"tags":[342,111,139,69,145],"class_list":{"0":"post-235834","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-mobile","8":"tag-mobile","9":"tag-new-zealand","10":"tag-newzealand","11":"tag-nz","12":"tag-technology"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/235834","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=235834"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/235834\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/235835"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=235834"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=235834"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=235834"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}