Moto G Power (2025) review

Android 15 out of the box

The Moto G Power (2025) comes with Android 15 out of the box and the latest version of Motorola's custom Hello UI overlay, although there's no explicit mention of the version or the software itself. Still, it's pretty much identical to the one we've already seen in some Motorola Edge 50 devices. Unfortunately, Motorola doesn't say how many major updates you should expect, but our guess is at least two.

Of course, some features are not available on this low-end model, but it also offers a couple of new ones that come with Android 15. For instance, you will now be notified when you are using an unencrypted wireless connection. Live Caption supports more languages, and App archiving automatically disables apps you don't use. You can reinstall them easily if you need them again.

Android 15 and Hello UI

Perhaps the best features are under the Smart Connect host of functionalities. You can connect, control and seamlessly transfer files between Smart Connect-enabled devices, which are Lenovo PCs and other Motorola devices, including tablets.

Smart Connect features

There's also a wireless desktop-like environment. You can connect the phone to a smart TV or a monitor to bring out that desktop-like environment and use the phone as a trackpad and even as a keyboard.

Smart Connect features

Think of Samsung's DeX and Motorola's Ready For. Kudos to Motorola for offering the Smart Connect features on such a low-end smartphone.

Last but not least, we are impressed by the performance and how lightweight the OS feels. There aren't many pre-installed apps except TikTok, Booking and a few others. Operation is extremely smooth, and we are downright impressed by how fluid, responsive and snappy the whole experience feels considering the entry-level chipset.

Benchmark performance

The Moto G Power (2025) runs on a Dimensity 6300 chipset based on the 6nm manufacturing process from TSMC. It employs an octa-core CPU with 2x2.4 GHz Cortex-A76 & 6x2.0 GHz Cortex-A55 cores and a Mali-G57 MC2 GPU. And if that configuration looks familiar to you, it's because it's almost identical to the dated Helio G99 SoC. It's just that the Dimensity 6300 has a 5G modem.

It's also a step back from last year's Dimensity 7020 that powered the Moto G Power (2024), which had a more powerful CPU. That's a peculiar downgrade.

There's just one memory configuration - 8GB/128GB and according to our tests, it's likely UFS 2.0, meaning pretty slow.

Here are some benchmark results and how the G Power (2025) stacks against competing solutions.

The benchmarks show that the Moto G Power 2025 utilizes the Dimensity 6300's full potential, which is rather limited in the first place. Judging by the scores, it's just a Helio G99 with added 5G capabilities. You could find much more powerful handsets if you are willing to spend just a little bit more.

Sustained performance

It's no surprise that the phone handles high CPU and GPU loads as the SoC isn't as demanding.

CPU and GPU throttling tests

The graphs above show excellent sustained performance in both CPU and GPU-bound scenarios with near-maximal utilization throughout both testing scenarios.