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OnePlus has been teasing a major display upgrade for the OnePlus 16 for weeks, and the company has now confirmed one of its key details. OnePlus China President Li Jie said the OnePlus 16 will be the first phone to run ColorOS 17 and will also offer what the company calls a “global 165Hz ultra-high refresh rate.”
The claim matches what tipster Digital Chat Station has been teasing since last month. Unlike the OnePlus 15, the new phone is expected to support 165Hz across the system and regular apps instead of limiting the higher refresh rate to selected games or apps.
Digital Chat Station also shared a look at the settings screen for the feature. The 165Hz option sits directly in the normal display settings, so users won’t need to enable Developer Options first.
OnePlus 16 could offer 165Hz across more apps
According to the leak, the OnePlus 16 will use new Oriental Screen X4 display material and updated circuitry. The changes are said to provide hardware-level support for the global 165Hz refresh rate.
Early testing reportedly showed 165Hz working in system apps as well as apps downloaded from the Play Store. That would make the feature much more useful than simply supporting a few specific apps.
The OnePlus 15 already launched with a 165Hz display, but there was a major limitation. Outside a small number of supported games, the display generally ran at up to 120Hz.
OnePlus later added 165Hz support for apps such as WhatsApp, Instagram, and X through a software update. However, users had to go into Developer Options to enable it. The setting also forced the screen to stay at 165Hz instead of allowing it to lower the refresh rate when the screen wasn’t doing much. That meant the OnePlus 15 never really offered a system-wide 165Hz mode.
OnePlus has not announced the exact launch date for the OnePlus 16 yet.
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