After rolling out the OxygenOS 13 stable update for the OnePlus 10 Pro, the OEM has now started seeding the stable Android 13 update for its last-gen flagships, namely the OnePlus 9 and OnePlus 9 Pro. The OxygenOS 13 update for these devices is rolling out in India, Europe, as well as North America.

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OnePlus made a public announcement about it on the OnePlus Community Forum. Indian Users of the OnePlus 9 Pro are receiving firmware updates with version LE2121 11.F.16. On the other hand, Europe and North American users are receiving software updates with firmware LE2123 11.F.16 and LE2125 11.F.16, respectively.

Indian customers of the OnePlus 9 are currently getting firmware updates with version LE2111 11.F.16. The same device is being updated with firmware versions LE2113 11.F.16 and NE2215 11.F.16, respectively, for users in Europe and North America. Let’s take a look at the official changelog to find out what’s new with the update.

The all-new aquamorphic design included in the OxygenOS 13 update improves visual comfort and makes the UI more pleasing to look at. A few additional features have also been implemented to improve multitasking effectiveness. Users must guarantee at least 30% battery, according to OnePlus. Before beginning the installation, the devices must have at least 5GB of internal storage available.

Changelog:

Aquamorphic Design
● Adds Aquamorphic Design theme colors for enhanced visual comfort.
● Applies the Aquamorphic Design philosophy to animations to make them natural and vivid.
● Adds Shadow-Reflective Clock, with shadow simulating the orientation of the sun and moon.
● Adds a Home screen world clock widget to show the time in different time zones.
● Upgrades to Quantum Animation Engine 4.0, with a new behavior recognition feature, which recognizes complex gestures and provides optimized interactions.
● Optimizes UI layers for a clearer and neater visual experience.
● Applies real-world physical motions to animations to make them look more natural and intuitive.
● Optimizes the widget design to make information easier and quicker to find.
● Optimizes fonts for better readability.
● Optimizes system icons by using the latest color scheme to make the icons easier to recognize.
● Enriches and optimizes illustrations for features by incorporating multicultural and inclusive elements.

Efficiency
● Adds Meeting Assistant to enhance the meeting connecting and note-taking experience, and introduces an option to make notifications more subtle and less distracting.
● Adds large folders to the Home screen. You can now open an app in an enlarged folder with just one tap and turn pages in the folder with a swipe.
● Adds a new type of Always-On Display that shows live information about music, ride-hailing, and food delivery (Supports only some apps).
● Adds media playback control, and optimizes the Quick Settings experience.
● Adds more markup tools for screenshot editing.
● Adds support for adding widgets to the Home screen, making information display more personalized.
● Adds Sidebar Toolbox. You can open a floating window inside apps for smooth operation.
Upgrades Doodle in Notes. You can now draw on graphics to take notes more efficiently.
● Optimizes Shelf. Swiping down on the Home screen will bring up Shelf by default. You can search content online and on your device.

Seamless interconnection
● Optimizes cross-device file transfer, with more file formats and device models supported.
● Optimizes Screencast, with cast content automatically adapting to the target screen.
● Optimizes earphone connectivity to deliver a more seamless experience.

Personalization
● Optimizes Bitmoji to offer more Always-On Display animations.
● Optimizes Insight Always-On Display, with more personalized Always-On Display settings available.
● Optimizes Portrait Silhouette Always-On Display, with more drawing tools and line colors available.

Security & Privacy
● Adds an automatic pixelation feature for chat screenshots The system can identify and automatically pixelate profile pictures and display names in a chat screenshot to protect your privacy.
● Adds regular clearing of clipboard data for privacy protection.
● Optimizes Private Safe. The Advanced Encryption Standard (AES) is used to encrypt all files for enhanced security of private files.

Health & Digital wellbeing
● Adds Kid Space. When in Kid Space, your browser app automatically switches to Kids mode to create a child-friendly space.
● Adds Eye comfort in Kid Space to protect children’s vision.

Performance optimization
● Adds Dynamic Computing Engine to improve the system speed, stability, battery life, and app experience

Gaming experience
● Upgrades to HyperBoost GPA 4.0 to stabilize the frame rate and balance the performance and power consumption in key scenarios.

The OxygenOS 13 upgrade for the aforementioned devices is now being rolled out by OnePlus in phases, so not all units may have it yet. However, we can expect a broader deployment in the coming days.

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