Oxygen Operating System

In this article, you will learn about the Oxygen OS with its versions and features.

Due to the way it successfully balances functionality and design, OxygenOS has always been regarded as one of the finest Android versions. Sadly, it has gone astray in recent years due to unfinished software releases, which has caused the once-example-setting OxygenOS to have an identity crisis. But probably those issues have been resolved. With a design that is conspicuously uniform throughout, OxygenOS 13 offers a wealth of functions that seamlessly integrate with the whole software environment. Here are some of OxygenOS 13's coolest features that you should absolutely try out if you recently updated your One Plus device to the most recent version.

Versions of Oxygen OS:

• Version 1.0, which was based on Android 5.0.1, was only accessible for the OnePlus One through a flashable ZIP that was made available on the OnePlus website.
• Versions 2.0 and 2.1.1 provide a number of notable features, such as app permissions, Waves MaxxAudio, SwiftKey keyboard, off-screen gestures, configurable icons, dark mode, manual camera mode, and RAW compatibility for 3rd party programs like Camera FV-5 2.75.
• On December 31, 2016, OnePlus made OxygenOS 4.0.0, an Android Nougat-based operating system, available to the general public through OTA download. It contains its features and several additional customizations.
• On January 31, 2018, OnePlus made OxygenOS 5.0.3, which is based on Android Oreo, available to the general public through OTA download.
•  OnePlus released the OnePlus 6 in May 2018 with OxygenOS based on Android Oreo 8.1.
• OxygenOS 9.0, which is based on Android Pie, was released on October 29, 2018, by OnePlus.
• The public could get OxygenOS 9.0.0 for the OnePlus 5/5T through OTA download on December 25, 2018, which was based on Android Pie.
• For the OnePlus 7 and 7 Pro, OxygenOS version 10.0 based on Android 10 was made available, according to an announcement made by OnePlus on September 21. Android 10 based versions for older devices were released after the initial release.
• OxygenOS 13, a version of Android 13 was unveiled by OnePlus on August 6, 2022. The OnePlus 10 series to the OnePlus 8 series of devices, and select Nord smartphones, are compatible with OxygenOS 13.

Features of oxygen OS:

There are various features Oxygen OS. Some main features of Oxygen OS are as follows:

1. Always On Display: Even though OnePlus introduced Always On Display in its smartphones very late in the game, the actual implementation ended up being one of the most attractive in the Android ecosystem. Other smartphone OEMs provide a wide range of AOD designs to their customers, but very few of them truly offer any meaningful functionality.

You may further tailor OxygenOS 13's new Always on Display themes to suit your preferences. In addition to the standard digital and analogue clock options, you can also design your own creative patterns, use a dynamic Insight AOD, and even put your Bitmoji as the Always on Display. Your Always on Display now includes interactive music and meal delivery status tiles due to the latest update. It eliminates the need to ever unlock your phone or even visit the lock screen, making rapid activities easier.

2.Enlarged Folder: One Plus looks committed to maintaining its Oppo-like appearance and feel, despite the contentious launcher modifications that we saw with OxygenOS 12. Aside from a few stability upgrades, the launcher has not seen many changes in OxygenOS 13. Though it's a fairly cool feature, you can increase folders on the home screen.

Enlarging the folder will remove one step from the process of opening the applications if you find yourself using the same group of programs within it frequently. Larger folders might be a creative solution to differentiate between what is significant and what is not on your home screen.

Long-press on a folder to make it larger, then select Enlarge folder. If you have enough applications in your folder, you may add pages to it so you can swipe between them without having to open it. If you ever decide to, the folder may also be shrunk to its standard size.

3.Floating Windows: It's disappointing that many phones don't promote this function, even though it has existed since Android 7's creation. It can be done for almost any app and it works remarkably effectively. The window doesn't have a resizing option, but when it is out of focus, it shrinks to a useful size. You may move it around, minimize it to the side, or close the instance without closing the program in the background and fully support floating windows. Tap on the three dots in the recent applications panel and choose the Floating window to open any app in a floating window.

4.Smart Side Bar: With a simple swipe motion from the side of your screen, OxygenOS 13 adds a useful sidebar toolbox. Any installed app on your phone may have a shortcut added to it, and when you access it from the sidebar, a floating window will popup. Following that, you can close or reposition this window. The sidebar indication can also be chosen to be hidden, and you can still access it from the spot you gave it previously. The sidebar only provides a few functions, such as shortcuts for screenshotting, recording, and translating your phone's screen. Split screen mode is activated by dragging an app to the top or bottom of your screen.

5.Hide Apps: On OnePlus devices, you have always been able to conceal applications, but starting with OxygenOS 12, the privacy features have been improved, making hidden apps even more difficult to access. That might work in your favor or against you, but OxygenOS 13 boasts one of the most secure implementations if you absolutely want to keep some apps on your phone hidden from prying eyes.

If you want to begin, you must create a private PIN or password. Go to Settings > Privacy > Hide apps and follow the on-screen instructions to begin stacking away applications that you don't want to be visible in the app drawer. Enter the privacy PIN in the dialer to gain access to the folder containing your hidden applications.

6.Kids Space: Since the majority of today's children are exposed to the internet's dangerously unregulated environment, it is imperative that parents impose limits on inappropriate information. A straightforward and efficient way to achieve this is through the Kid Space in OxygenOS 13.

Your children won't be able to access anything other than the applications or games you've chosen once you choose a list and set a time restriction. Even a blue light filter may be activated to reduce eye strain. In the Kid Space mode, the notification panel, quick settings, and recent applications are all hidden under a cartoonish backdrop with large, bold icons. You'll need your phone's password or your fingerprint to leave Kid Space.

7.Simple Mode: Now that OnePlus is a well-known brand, people outside of the tech community are now buying its phones. OxygenOS 13 features a useful basic mode for all of our grandparents and parents who are confused by the abundance of new smartphone settings.

Once activated, nearly everything on the screen will enlarge by up to three times its original size, making text easier to read and icons less confusing. A simpler settings app and stronger notification and ringtone levels are among the further adjustments.

8.Material Icons: Though OxygenOS 13's "aquamorphic" style leaves little room for Google's Material you design concept, which debuted with Android 12, you can now activate a setting to let all program icons adjust to the colors of your background. Although there are still some third-party apps that can be hit or miss, it is only one step away from ColorOS and one step closer to native Android.

9.Enriched Screen Editing: After you take a screenshot, OxygenOS 13 offers extra crop and markup capabilities. To begin with, you may highlight items in your screenshot using a variety of scribers. Cropping is also made simpler since you can now sketch out the precise form you wish to capture. The new auto-pixelate tool is also quite helpful if you have a screenshot full of private data, including phone numbers or credit card information. You can simply pixelate anything manually that isn't already done. Last but not least, a wide range of conventional photo manipulation tools, such as filters, text, blur, and even AI palettes, are available under the advanced edit settings.

Conclusion:

Long-time OnePlus customers generally saw OxygenOS 12 as a dismal upgrade, but it provides various helpful improvements. The new aquamorphic UI in OxygenOS 13 ties these new capabilities together more logically and is considerably more uniform in terms of appearance and feel. Many OnePlus consumers found themselves switching back to OxygenOS 11 as a result of the version 12 experience being unfinished. Suppose you've been using a previous version of the skin. In that case, you'll be happy to hear that OxygenOS 13 finds a wonderful mix between aesthetic appeal and offering an even larger feature set than before.

Anyone and everyone who wants to utilize it will find OxygenOS 13 to be a really wonderful experience. In our opinion, it is one of the greatest iterations of OxygenOS that OnePlus has ever launched. We have been using OnePlus devices since 2017. Numerous smartphones, including the OnePlus Nord 2T, are already using it, and many more are in the beta stage.