ColorOS 12 is official: Oppo had announced it earlier this month (along with the backgrounds), and now it arrives on time with many new features, both on the functions side and for the user interface. A refresh that will soon concern all Oppo, OnePlus (in China) and Realme smartphones that will be updated to the latest version of Google’s operating system, Android 12. So let’s see what changes compared to the current version from an aesthetic and functional point of view. It is clear that this list may be further extended over the next few days as more details emerge.
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ColorOS 12 new features:
- Overhaul of the user interface based on Infinite Design with new icons, animations, avatars. The design of the icons has been uniform throughout the UI, the colors are more muted
- Optimized position of the UI elements: there are more spaces so that the user cannot get confused
- Increased text contrast, added color shades
- Improved FlexDrop function for multitasking: you can drag an app with a gesture, as well as switch between full screen view and those in a small and mini window
- Smart Sidebar 2.0 with six innovative tools, including playing music from the web directly within the Music Player app or comparing prices on e-commerce sites
- Connection function between different screens for PC-smartphone connectivity. So you control the smartphone itself from the laptop, for example, and can transfer files quickly (requires Windows 10)
- Car Screen Projection functionality and support for an increasing number of apps that can be viewed directly from the display of your car
- Omoji: emoji avatars that can be created through the Face Capture algorithm
- Smoother animations
- Performance improvements
- 300 new animations thanks to the Quantum Animation Engine
- AI for the containment of lag in the UI. Tests conducted by Oppo have obtained satisfactory results: a simulation of continuous use for 36 months has in fact led to an aging of the smartphone by only 2.75% and a decrease in reading and writing performance of 5%. The same AI can manage the apps so as to guarantee a personalized use of the smartphone based on the habits and preferences of the users.
- New features for privacy and security (as provided by Android 12)
- Ability to delete metadata from images and videos before they are shared on the network
ColorOS 12 Launch date and eligible devices:
The first smartphone to be updated in beta will be Oppo Find X3 Pro Photographer Edition, a version dedicated to the Kodak brand launched on the market a few hours ago. There will also be a public beta for the entire Find X3 series and for the OnePlus 9 series. In summary, and in chronological order, here are the models that will get start testing the beta version of ColorOS 12:
Early October 2021
- Find X3 Pro
- Find X3 Pro Exploration Edition
- Find-X3
- OnePlus 9 Pro 5G
- OnePlus 9 5G
Starting from November 2021
- Find X2 Pro Automobili Lamborghini Edition
- Find X2 Pro
- Find-X2
- Find X2 League of Legends S10 Limited Edition
- Reno6 Pro+ 5G Conan Limited Edition
- Reno6 Pro+ 5G
- Reno6-Pro 5G
- Reno6 5G
Starting from December 2021
- Ace2
- Ace2 EVA Limited Edition
- Reno5 Pro+ 5G
- Reno5 Pro+ Limited Edition 5G
- Reno5-Pro 5G
- Reno5 5G
- Reno5 K 5G
- K9 5G
- A95 5G
- A93 5G
Starting from First Half of 2022
- OnePlus 9R 5G
- OnePlus 8T
- OnePlus-8 Pro
- OnePlus 8
- OnePlus 7T Pro
- OnePlus-7T
- OnePlus 7 Pro
- OnePlus 7
- Reno4 Pro 5G
- Reno4 Pro 5G 2020 Customized Edition
- Reno4-Pro 5G Artist Limited Edition
- Reno4 5G
- Reno4 SE 5G
- Reno3-Pro 5G
- Reno3 Pro 5G Classic Blue Custom Edition
- Reno3 Vitality Edition
- Reno3-5G
- Reno Ace
- Reno Ace Gundam Edition
- Reno-10X Zoom Edition
- Reno Barcelona Custom Edition
- K9 Pro 5G
- K7
- K7x
- A93s 5G
- A92s 5G
- A72 5G
- A55 5G
- A53 5G
