[scrollop]

Would love to ditch google and use grapheneOS, however have so many banking and (stupid) outlook for work.

[amelius]

You can check banking app compatibility here:

https://privsec.dev/posts/android/banking-applications-compa...

[CorrectHorseBat]

Even if it works now, how can you be sure the next app update doesn't break it in the name of security?

[ninjasmosa]

The outlook app works for me on GrapheneOS, is there something about it that doesn't work for you?

Many banking apps do work on GrapheneOS, the list had already been linked to by others

[ekjhgkejhgk]

> Would love to ditch google and use grapheneOS

grapheneOS only works with google phones.

[kruffalon]

For now[0].

And I don't really think that people mean using google hardware but rather being mined by google software.

May I ask, if you (a) just want to be technically correct, (b) don't see the difference or (c) are trying to make a point I don't understand and if so would be willing to explain?

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[0] https://piunikaweb.com/2026/02/02/grapheneos-non-pixel-hardw...

[4gotunameagain]

I would rather pay a one off ransom to google, than have them harvest all my data and profit from them in perpetuity.

Better yet, you can buy a used pixel phone.

[TobTobXX]

The outlook webapp is quite decent. I've never used their native app, but I've manahed to get by fine with their webapp, even though notifications don't work (I just check it regularily). IIRC K9/Thunderbird also has support for exchange now.

[sheiyei]

Apparently a lot of banking apps work with the sandboxed Google malwares. Not sure though, I'm not a user (wrong hardware)

[microtonal]

Correct. I am using my Dutch bank and credit card apps without any issues. Someone linked the curated GrapheneOS banking list already. If your bank does not support it, you could either contact them. If they require remote attestation, this can be implemented for GrapheneOS as well:

https://grapheneos.org/articles/attestation-compatibility-gu...

If the bank is very hard-nosed about it, you could consider keeping an old iPhone or Pixel (because long security updates) for banking if it is practical to do for you. 95% without big tech is also a big win. Of course, if you need to have it with you at all times, that might not be a worthwhile option.

[wafflemaker]

can confirm. And there are even some pages that list banking and other apps working on GrapheneOS. It's actually very few that don't work with sandboxed Google Play API.

edit: https://privsec.dev/posts/android/banking-applications-compa...

[kgwxd]

Can you not setup your work email through a regular email client? I thought the days of being locked into Outlook specifically went away with Exchange. Everywhere I've worked since has been able to.

Also, what kind of banking are people doing that requires an app? I genuinely don't know what it could be.

[duozerk]

> Also, what kind of banking are people doing that requires an app? I genuinely don't know what it could be.

Close to every bank in the EU requires their user to have an app, for MFA (both for logging in and for validating transactions - transfers, payments). They use the smartphone's TPM. I have yet to see one that allows you to use your own MFA app.

The few I've seen that don't require it will validate the same through text messages (not everyone has a smartphone); though if you associate their app even once, you're screwed - the app it is from now on.

[wafflemaker]

It's way more comfortable to login with fingerprint and not going through a longer login to the website.

Especially since in many countries it requires a national e-ID that is an app on your phone.

[scrollop]

It's nice to have widgets.

[zwarag]

Theres e/OS where you can have a locked bootloader with some phones

[ekjhgkejhgk]

Why do people need banking on their phones though? Banks have websites too.

[gyulai]

> Why do people need banking on their phones though? Banks have websites too.

2FA. I was a smartphone hold-out for longer than anyone I know, but banks mandating 2FA with no options for doing it in a standards-compliant way or any way that doesn't involve the app stores was what finally broke my resistance.

[pmontra]

This is asked again and again. Apparently you guys in the USA or in other parts of the world are still lucky, but in Europe banks must be compliant with regulation that more or less force them to do 2FA through their app with the biometric authentication of either an Android or an iOS phone. There are other ways (eg giving a hardware OTP generator to customers,) but apps are the cheapest solution.

[zipping1549]

My bank has no website or physical branches. They’re mobile-only, but their app is leaps and bounds ahead of the competition.

[rkagerer]

I don't much like the official Outlook app. Been using Nine for ages, it does everything I've needed.