OPPO is currently on a streak of rolling out ColorOS 12 stable to its mid-range devices, with multiple models having received the same across multiple regions. The latest to join the list are the OPPO K9 Pro 5G and Reno4 SE in China.

ColorOS 12 is based on Android 12 and arrives with a bunch of new features plus improvements. Elements throughout the interface have been tweaked visually, be it icons, the quick settings panel, or system apps. You also get some of those enhanced A12 privacy features such as the new Privacy Dashboard and microphone and camera Indicators.

If you’re an OPPO K9 Pro 5G owner, then just make sure you’re on official firmware version A.14/A.15 or you’ll probably not be getting the ColorOS 12 update notification. And as for the OPPO Reno4 SE, just make sure it’s updated to firmware C.20 or C.21. To check your current firmware version, head over to Settings > About phone > Version information > Version number.

As usual, the OTAs are being rolled out in stages, meaning it may take a while for the update to reach your device. If you haven’t yet received a notification yet, then you can try checking manually by heading over to Settings > Software update.

Again, do keep in mind that the aforementioned updates are for the Chinese variants of the two devices and there hasn’t been an announcement about a global ColorOS 12 rollout for them just yet. Keep an eye out for the update notification as you should be getting it outside of China soon as well.

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At the end of last month, OPPO revealed the list of smartphones that will get access to beta and stable builds of ColorOS 12 based on Android 12 in February in China. Following that schedule, the company announced the open beta program for the OPPO K9 Pro 5G in its home country.

According to an official announcement post on OPPO Community China, the company has already finished recruiting the first batch of ColorOS 12 open beta testers for the OPPO K9 Pro 5G in its home market.

The initiative was supposed to begin for the device today (February 16). However, as usual, the brand had opened the registrations a day earlier and has closed today already.

The firm says that the applications will be reviewed within 5 working days. Participants who get selected will receive the update via OTA within 3 working days from the announcement of the result.

As far as stable release is concerned, OPPO hasn’t provided a timeline yet. But going by the rollout so far, the handset could receive it as soon as next month (March). The OPPO K9 Pro is a China-exclusive smartphone. Hence, there will not be any regional builds for this phone. 

That said, the vanilla OPPO K9 5G is scheduled to get the Android 12-based ColorOS 12 stable update on February 22 alongside OPPO Reno5 K 5G and OPPO A93 5G. These three devices entered the open beta program at the end of December.

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The Oppo K9 Pro was unveiled recently with only two color variants. The smartphone debuted in China last month with Obsidian Black and Glacier Blue colors and will now include a Neon Silver model according to Oppo. The new variant will be unveiled on October 20.

The new color variant of the Oppo K9 Pro will reflect an alloy texture with the camera rings also reflecting a rainbow color overlay. It is not clear whether the rings are painted in the specified colors or due to light reflection. The text on the right side of the camera system also has a similar effect, as seen from the official image released by Oppo.

The Oppo K9 Pro Neon Silver variant is not expected to differ internally from the earlier color variants of the smartphone. As a reminder, the K9 Pro features a 6.43-inch Full HD+ AMOLED display with a 120Hz refresh rate, a 180Hz touch sampling rate, HDR10, a DCI-P3 wide color gamut, and a screen-to-body ratio of 91.7 percent.

The device is powered by the MediaTek Dimensity 1200 processor, coupled with up to 12GB of RAM and up to 256GB internal storage. Notably, there’s no support for storage expansion with a microSD card slot.

For photography, there’s a triple-camera setup that consists of a 64MP f/1.7 primary sensor with a 6P lens, an 8MP f/2.2 super wide-angle camera with a 119º field of view and a 5P lens, and a 2MP f/2.4 macro camera with a 3P lens that can shoot 4 CM macro photos. On the front, there’s a 16MP snapper for taking selfies and video calling.

Other features on the OPPO K9 Pro smartphone include an in-display fingerprint scanner, Face Unlock, NFC, dual SIM dual 5G connectivity, dual-band Wi-Fi, Bluetooth 5.2, a 3.5mm audio jack, and a USB-C port.

The phone runs the Android 11 operating system out-of-the-box with the company’s own ColorOS 11 on top. It is powered by a 4,500mAh battery with 60W Super Flash Charge technology that can charge the battery from 0% to 50% in just 16 minutes.

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