Last month, OPPO unveiled ColorOS 12 in China. Since then, the company has been rolling out beta builds for eligible devices in the country. A few days after the software’s global launch, the firm has now started recruiting testers for the Reno6 series in its home country.

According to the update timeline provided by OPPO, the OPPO Reno6 series is scheduled to receive Android 12-based ColorOS 12 open beta in China in November. Ahead of that, the company has now opened closed beta registrations for these devices.

As per an official announcement post on OPPO Community (via ITHome), the Chinese smartphone maker will be recruiting Android 12 beta testers for the following OPPO Reno6 series handsets till tomorrow (October 19) at 11 AM (local time).

• OPPO Reno6 5G
• OPPO Reno6 Pro 5G
• OPPO Reno6 Pro+ 5G

The OPPO Reno6 Pro+ 5G Detective Conan Limited Edition is not eligible for the closed beta program. However, it has been confirmed to receive open beta builds alongside the regular Reno6 Pro+ 5G.

Having said that, the firm will be currently recruiting only 700 users for the closed beta initiative. Applicants will be selected within the next 5 days and they will start receiving the update via OTA within 3 days from the selection.

As far as international markets are concerned, these phones will directly receive open beta builds in November, as per the plan shared by OPPO.

You can learn more about ColorOS 12 based on Android 12 by checking out our launch story as well review.

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Recent reports have revealed that the OPPO phone with model number PENM00, which was recently seen at China’s TENAA and 3C certification site is the forthcoming OPPO Reno6 Pro+ flagship. The handset is set to go official with the Reno6 5G and Reno6 Pro 5G on May 27 in China. Ahead of the launch, the PENM00 handset has appeared on the Geekbench benchmarking site (via) with some of its key specs.

Reports have claimed that the Snapdragon 870 chipset will be present under the hood of the Reno6 Pro+ 5G. The SoC is mentioned with “kona” codename and 1.80GHz base frequency on Geekbench 4.2.

The Geekbench listing further mentions that the device has 12 GB of RAM ahttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ngyc3YNVWQInd it runs on Android 11 OS. In the single-core and multi-core tests of Geekbench, the handset scored 4649 and 12712 points, respectively.

Last week, the Reno6 Pro+ 5G was found listed on popular Chinese retailer sites such as JD.com and Suning. The listing revealed that the 12 GB RAM variant of the Reno6 Pro+ 5G will ship with 256 GB of storage. Its base model will offer 8 GB of RAM and 128 GB of storage.

The OPPO Reno6 Pro+ 5G is expected to arrive with a 6.55-inch AMOLED FHD+ display, an in-screen fingerprint scanner, and a 4,500mAh battery with 65W fast charging support. It has a front camera of 32-megapixel and its rear camera setup has a 50-megapixel Sony IMX766 primary camera, a 16-megapixel ultrawide lens, a 13-megapixel telephoto camera, and a 2-megapixel macro camera. At present, there is no word on its pricing.

Reports have revealed that the Reno6 will be arriving with the latest Dimensity 900. On the other side, the Reno6 Pro will be equipped with the Dimensity 1200 chipset.

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