Chinese smartphone maker OPPO has officially confirmed that currently there are more than 370 million active monthly users worldwide for its ColorOS mobile operating system, which is based on Android.
Almost all the smartphones from OPPO comes packed with the ColorOS, a customized skin layer on top of Google‘s Android operating system. The system has been translated into more than 72 languages and is being promoted and used in over 140 countries worldwide.
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At the same time, OPPO has also revealed a timeline, showcasing major developments of the ColorOS over the years.
- April 2013 — First version of ColorOS released on the internal testing forum.
- May 2013 — Official ColorOS Weibo launched
- March 2014 — ColorOS 2.0 officially began public testing.
- March 2015 — ColorOS users exceeded 30 million.
- March 2016 — ColorOS 3.0 released
- March 2018 — ColorOS 5.0 officially released overseas.
- December 2018 — Breeno smart assistant launched.
- March 2019 — ColorOS 6 released.
- September 2020 — ColorOS 11 was released.
Recently, the company surprised everyone by jumping from ColorOS 7 to ColorOS 11, which is based on Android 11. The company says that the new branding will help customers easily identify the version of Android its phones are running.
As OPPO had revealed during the announcement of the new OS, the OPPO Find X2 and Find X2 Pro smartphones have now started receiving the ColorOS 11 update, and more devices are expected to start getting the update soon.
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