OnePlus Nord CE 3 updated to OxygenOS 15 with multiple glitches

OnePlus fans in India are getting their hands on the shiny new OxygenOS 15 update for the Nord CE 3 this week—except “shiny” might not be the right word. While the rollout promises AI features, smoother animations, and flashy themes, early adopters are hitting more potholes than perks.

Here’s what’s new

Let’s start with the positives: The update does bring some neat tricks. The AI Retouch tool lets you wipe reflections off photos, and the new battery “Charging Limit” stops charging at 80% to save your battery’s lifespan. Multitaskers might cheer for smoother split-screen gestures, and iPhone users can finally share files directly via OnePlus Share.

But here’s the catch—the headline AI features? Missing. The much-hyped AI reply tool for messages? Nowhere to be found. The “Circle to Search” shortcut? Ghosted. Even basic stuff, like the volume slider, has pulled a disappearing act for some. Users are reporting green and yellow lines flickering when switching screens, apps crashing randomly, and the camera struggling to keep up during 60fps video recording.

“It’s like getting a birthday cake without the frosting,” grumbled a Nord CE 3 owner on X. “The AI tools were why I updated, but half of them aren’t even here.”

Did OnePlus Rush the Update?
The Nord CE 3 Lite got its OxygenOS 15 update first, but the CE 3’s rollout feels…unfinished. Promised “flux themes” are MIA, Live Alerts glitch out in landscape mode, and Quick Settings tiles behaving like moody teenagers. OnePlus hasn’t said when fixes are coming, though a patch is likely in the works.

The irony isn’t lost on users. Buried in the update is a cheeky easter egg in the Calculator app (type “1+=” to see it).

OnePlus Nord CE3 5G OxygenOS 15 update Changelog

Animations

• System-wide swipe consistency is extended to third-party apps, including WebView interfaces, for a uniform scrolling experience across the entire system.
• Improves the animations when opening or exiting apps, swiping, flipping pages, and more, as well as adds animation settings for fluency.

AI Retouch

• The Enhance clarity feature is added to restore detail to blurred images, making cropped, zoomed-in or low-quality photos appear clearer and more defined.
• With AI Reflection Eraser, blurred photos regain their sharpness, color accuracy, and lighting, ensuring that special moments with pets, kids, and others are vividly preserved.
• The new Remove reflections feature eliminates unwanted reflections from glass, allowing you to capture more natural photos when shooting through windows.

AI Notes

• The new AI writing suite offers features such as continued writing, text polishing, and style enhancement to help you draft and improve your content to spark creativity effortlessly.
• The new Format feature arranges fragmented content into structured and readable ones that are more attractive and reader-friendly.
• The new Clean up feature refines voice recordings by eliminating filler words for better sentence clarity without altering the original audio.

Themes

• The new flux themes feature a vast array of high-quality themes, allowing customization with system wallpapers and personal photos for a personalized touch.
• Extensive customization is added for Always-On Display, the Lock screen, and the Home screen. Flux and classic modes are supported for Always-On Display. Clock color blending, blurred wallpapers, AI depth effects, AI auto-fills, and more are supported for the Lock screen. Blurred wallpapers, and more are supported for the Home screen.
• Introduces flux themes with one-take transition animations, enabling seamless and smooth transitions between Always-On Display, Lock screen, and Home screen, significantly enhancing visual continuity.

Live Alerts

• The new Live Alerts design is concentrated on efficient information visualization, positioned centrally for a balanced and streamlined display.
• The new Live Alerts interaction allows capsules to expand into detailed cards with a tap, providing efficient access to multiple live activities by swiping in the status bar.
• The new Live Alerts animation system brings a fluid, elastic design and dynamic blurring effects in real time, making card visuals smoother and more refined.
• Now you can see the status of the torch on Live Alerts.
• Now you can see the charging information on Live Alerts.
• Fixes a display issue with existing icons on the status bar when a Live Alerts capsule is displayed.
• Improves the layout of Spotify on Live Alerts and adds smart recommendations.

Photo editing

• The new globally reversible photo editing capability saves previous edit settings for seamless subsequent edits, ensuring uninterrupted creative flow.
• Adds Fresh, Emerald, and Clear film filters to Photo mode and Portrait mode.
• The integration between Camera and filters is enhanced, allowing for the post-editing, changing, or removing of applied filters in Photos.

Floating Window and Split View

• The new Floating Window gestures: you can swipe down a notification banner to open a floating window, swipe down to enlarge it, swipe up to close it, and swipe sideways to hide it.
• Now you can drag a floating window to change it to full screen.
• The resizable Split View windows allow you to drag the divider or tap the window for a more extensive display area.

Notifications & Quick Settings

• The new Split mode allows separate access to the notification drawer (top-left swipe) and Quick Settings (top-right swipe), with swipe left or right to switch.
• Quick Settings is revamped with a more visually appealing and consistent layout, along with refined and enhanced animations.

OnePlus Share

• The new file transfer capability with iOS devices, easily connecting and sharing files through OnePlus Share.

Battery & charging

• The new “Charging limit” feature halts charging at 80%, helping to extend battery life and minimize degradation.
• The new battery protection reminder activates the Charging limit feature if the device remains charging for too long, enhancing battery protection.

More

• Exclusive OxygenOS Always-On Displays and Lock screen clock styles are added for a unique visual experience.
• The new Home screen clock widget gives you the flexibility to resize as desired. 
• An easter egg is added in Calculator and will pop up when you input “1+=”, embodying OnePlus’s enduring “Never Settle” mentality.
• New wallpapers are added to infuse your device with OnePlus’s signature style. 
• Exclusive app icon designs for OxygenOS are added, offering a fresh visual experience.
• Now you can swipe up to the left to quickly enable Split View when an app is displayed in full screen.
• Adds the Voice Translate app that supports live translation, text translation and multilingual translation.
• Now you can migrate live photos from iOS devices with Clone Phone.
• Retouch appearance in video calls now supports more apps.
• Boarding passes can now be recognised in Photos and added to Google Wallet.
• The style and visuals of the Notes widgets are enhanced, making them more appealing and practical.
• Apps in large folders can now be displayed in 3 × 3 grids.
• Optimizes the widgets of Clock on the Home screen.
• Optimizes the widgets of Notes on the Home screen.
• The multitasking experience is enhanced by automatically guiding you to the last used app in the recent tasks view for easier app switching.
• The Drawer mode is optimized to keep the existing Home screen app layout upon initial entry.

Privacy

• The Private Safe is optimized by implementing categorized views for images, videos, and documents, simplifying data management.
• A new Home screen entry is added for hidden apps, allowing quick access by tapping the folder and verifying your privacy password.

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