A couple of weeks back, Oppo held a developer conference in China to shed information on the upcoming ColorOS 13 based on Android 13. Followed by this event, a prolific Chinese leaker known as Digital Chat Station shared a few screenshots of the yet-to-release software on Weibo earlier today.  He also disclosed the beta program timeline.

Digital Chat Station shared two Weibo posts on the topic of ColorOS 13 a few hours back. He has taken down (removed pictures) the one with screenshots but the other one with beta timeline details is still live.

Thankfully Chinese media like ITHome reported on the leak before the images were deleted. As per the screenshots, ColorOS 13 will bring improvements to folders and widgets.

Users will be able to expand the folder size on the home screen. Thanks to this, apps can be opened quickly by tapping their icons from outside the folder itself.

Further, Oppo introduced widgets with ColorOS 12. It is possible to place them on the left page as well as the home screen, just like on iOS. With ColorOS 13, the company will be adding support for more widgets, says the leaker.

Finally, the tipster also mentions that the system UX design will be similar to the now-defunct Oneplus’ HydrogenOS. Therefore, Oneplus users will feel at home.

Talking about the development, Digital Chat Station says that the internal testing is better than that of ColorOS 12. Also, the process is a month ahead of the previous generation.

Hence, the external internal testing is expected to begin in July based on Android 13 Beta 3. This will be later followed by public testing in August.

As far as the official launch is concerned, we think that the conference will be held in August since that’s when public testing is said to begin.

With that being said, what are your expectations of ColorOS 13 based on Android 13? Do let us know in the comment section below.

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