OnePlus and Oppo starts joint venture in combination of OxygenOS and ColorOS. However, OnePlus customers may not notice any big changes right away because of the latest news. On the operational level, OnePlus and Oppo recently announced their merger.
Key Highlights: the Joint Venture of OnePlus and Oppo Joint
- OnePlus has announced the combination of OxygenOS and ColorOS.
- OxygenOS will remain accessible on OnePlus devices.
- OnePlus has also upgraded its software maintenance schedule.
OnePlus has announced that its OxygenOS and Oppo’s ColorOS will be merged to “increase efficiency and simplify the software experience” across devices. The Chinese company’s latest move comes just a few weeks after it announced its operational merger with Oppo. For quite some time, OnePlus and Oppo, both controlled by Guangdong-based giant BBK Electronics, have collaborated closely. However, after integrating their research and innovation (R&D) resources, the corporations chose to make their partnership public.
OygenOS and ColorOS
OnePlus announced the combination of OxygenOS and ColorOS in a forum post, emphasizing that the transition will occur at the coding level. This means that, for the time being, end consumers are unlikely to notice any substantial changes.
“As usual, OxygenOS is the operating system for global OnePlus users,” the company said, adding that it is now based on a more stable and robust platform.
Codebase level integration over the air (OTA)
The update will be applied to new OnePlus devices in the future. However, Update will deliver codebase-level integration between OxygenOS and ColorOS via an over-the-air (OTA) update alongside Android 12. Furthermore, for existing devices that are still on the maintenance schedule. The codebase-level integration between OxygenOS and ColorOS will be delivered via an over-the-air (OTA) update along with Android 12.
Given the challenges it has had with previous upgrades and the time it takes to update older hardware. Moreover, one should expect the change to help OnePlus deliver stable and timely software upgrades. That is something the company desperately needs to work on.
OnePlus has also announced an updated software maintenance plan, under which flagship phones such as the T and R models, as well as the OnePlus 8 and subsequent phones, would receive three major Android updates and four years of security fixes. However, the firm has chosen to provide two major new android and three years of security updates for the original OnePlus Nord and later Nord models, as well as the OnePlus Nord CE 5G.
Android Updates Details: OnePlus and Oppo
The OnePlus Nord N phones will only receive one major Android update and three years of security updates. According to the maintenance schedule. Starting with the OnePlus Nord N10 and OnePlus Nord N100. Furthermore, continuing with subsequent OnePlus Nord N phones, this will be the case.
Importantly, OnePlus’ revised maintenance schedule will not apply to its flagship devices introduced before to the OnePlus 8 series, which will continue to receive two major Android updates and three years of security patches under the former plan.
For all its Chinese editions of flagship devices, OnePlus swapped its native OxygenOS with Oppo’s ColorOS earlier this year. This happened months after OnePlus and Oppo had more closely combined their R&D teams.
It is presently unclear where OnePlus intends to take OxygenOS and how long it will remain distinct from ColorOS. Despite being a member of BBK Electronics and sharing resources with Oppo, the latest integration calls into doubt the independence that OnePlus has been touting for some time.
