OPPO has been doing a great job of updating its devices to Android 12. Over the last few weeks, the company has rolled out stable and beta builds of ColorOS 12 based on Android 12 to a host of devices, including the Reno 4 series, the Reno 7 Pro 5G, F19 Pro, F17 Pro, and more. The company has now announced the names of the devices which are next in line to receive the ColorOS 12 stable and beta release.
ColorOS 12 was announced first in China last month. In OPPO’s home market, the OS update is available for both OPPO and OnePlus smartphones. ColorOS 12 will be released for the Find X3 series, OnePlus 9, and OnePlus 9 Pro this month in China. As far as India is concerned, the ColorOS 12 update rollout will begin in November for the Reno6 series of smartphones.
ColorOS 12 Release Date
OPPO unveiled ColorOS 12 globally on Monday, October 11, at 2:30PM IST. The company held a virtual event that was live-streamed online on YouTube. This came a some days after Android 12 source code was added to the Android Open Source Project (AOSP) and a month after the ColorOS China launch.
ColorOS 12 supporting devices
ColorOS 12 update based on Android 12 will soon be rolling out with the beta version coming to OPPO Find X3 Pro 5G and first followed by other devices which will get it by November. OPPO’s rollout schedule listed out for you.
October 11th 2021
- OPPO Find X3 Pro 5G
November 2021
- OPPO Find X2
- OPPO Find X2 Pro
- OPPO Find X2 Pro Automobile Lamborghini Edition
- OPPO Reno6 Pro 5G
- OPPO Reno6 Pro Diwali Edition
- OPPO Reno6 5G
December 2021
- OPPO Reno6
- OPPO Reno5 Pro 5G
- OPPO Reno5 Pro
- OPPO Reno5
- OPPO Reno5 Marvel Edition
- OPPO Reno6 Z 5G
- OPPO F19 Pro+
- OPPO A74 5G
- OPPO A73 5G
First half of 2022
- OPPO Find X3 Lite 5G
- OPPO Find X3 Neo 5G
- OPPO Find X2 Neo
- OPPO Find X2 Lite
- OPPO Reno1Ox Zoom
- OPPO Reno5 5G
- OPPO Reno5 F
- OPPO Reno5 Lite
- OPPO Reno5 Z 5G
- OPPO Reno4 Pro 5G
- OPPO Reno4 5G
- OPPO Reno4 F
- OPPO Reno4 Lite
- OPPO Reno4 Z 5G
- OPPO Reno4 Pro
- OPPO Reno4
- OPPO Reno4 Mo Salah Edition
- OPPO Reno3 Pro 5G
- OPPO Reno3 Pro
- OPPO Reno3
- OPPO Reno5 A
- OPPO F19 Pro
- OPPO F17 Pro
- OPPO A94 5G
- OPPO A94, A93
- OPPO A54 54
- OPPO A53s 5G
Second half of 2022
- OPPO F19
- OPPO F19s
- OPPO F17
- OPPO A74
- OPPO A73
- OPPO A53
- OPPO A53s
- OPPO A16s
ColorOS Best Features
ColorOS 12 is built on the company’s Infinite Design concept, which delivers a lightweight, clean, and customisable user experience. On top of that, Offers softer icons, animations, and an intuitive information framework for different languages and cultures. ColorOS 12 supports 67 global languages, out of which are 13 are major Indian languages.
OPPO claims that it has incorporated many stock Android 12 features such as the Wallpaper-based Theming system in Material You. Changes the theme of the system based on the colour of the wallpaper. Offers a renewed smartPhone Manager app that assists in decluttering the smartphone from unnecessary files and apps. ColorOS offers few new features such as the Screen Translate option in the sidebar, 3-finger translate powered by Google Lens, Background Stream for continue playing streaming content in the background, conversation widgets, and Dark Mode options.
OPPO is announcing a new Quantum Animation Engine that promises lifelike-animated effects across ColorOS 12. These animations, according to OPPO, replicate “physical tendencies of resistance, inertia, and rebound” in order to make the entire experience “more realistic, smoother, and intuitive.”
ColorOS 12 improved security through features like Privacy Dashboards, Microphone and Camera indicators, Approximate Location Sharing, Private System, Private Safe, App Lock, and others. OPPO has deployed servers in multiple locations across the globe. OPPO claims that stores user data in non-plain text format in nearby servers and is transmitted through a proprietary protocol.
