OPPO has been rolling out Android 11-based ColorOS 11 update to eligible devices since September. The latest smartphones to get beta builds are OPPO Reno Z and OPPO A73 5G. interested users of these handsets can enroll themselves for the beta program to experience the new version of OPPO’s mobile operating system.

A few days back. OPPO announced the ColorOS 11 update rollout plan for April 2021. According to the timeline, the OPPO Reno Z and the OPPO A73 5G were supposed to get ColorOS 11 Beta on April 13 and April 14 respectively.

However, the company had started recruiting testers ahead of the schedule on April 12. As per the official announcement posts on ColorOS Community, the registrations for the first batch will remain open till April 19.

As far as eligibility is concerned, interested users need to be running firmware version C.35 on OPPO Reno Z and A.13/A.15 on OPPO A73 5G. Also, the beta program is only live in Saudi Arabia and UAE for the former phone. Whereas, the initiative is also available in Australia for the latter handset, in addition to Saudi Arabia and UAE.

That said, in order to register, users will have to navigate to Settings > Software Update > Gear Icon > Apply for Beta Version > Update Beta Version and follow the on-screen instructions.

The OPPO Reno Z debuted with ColorOS 6.x based on Android 9.0 Pie. It was later updated to Android 10 (ColorOS 7.x) last year. Hence, ColorOS 11 (Android 11) should be the last major update for this phone.

On the other hand, the OPO A73 5G launched with Android 10-based ColorOS 7.2. The latest ColorOS 11 is its first major update. Therefore, it may receive ColorOS 12 (Android 12), as per OPPO’s update track record.

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