It’s been a few months since OPPO announced its latest ColorOS 12 custom user interface for its smartphones. The ColorOS 12 is now also available on smartphones manufactured by OnePlus after both OPPO and OnePlus merged their operations as well as the codebase of custom UIs ColorOS and OxygenOS.

The newly announced custom user interface from OPPO comes with several improvements and is also one of the first brands to roll out the Android 12 update for its devices. Last month, it had revealed the ColorOS 12 update rollout plan for Q1 2022.

Now, the company has revealed the list of smartphones getting the new ColorOS 12 update in the month of February 2022. The list includes devices set to receive the stable update as well as the public Beta update.

Stable Update:

• 22 February: OPPO Reno5 K 5G, K9 5G, A93 5G
• 23 February: OPPO A72 5G
• 24 February: OnePlus 9R 5G
• 28 February: OPPO Ace2, Ace2 EVA Limited Edition

Beta Update: 

• 16 February: OPPO K9 Pro 5G
• 17 February: OPPO Reno4 SE 5G
• 24 February: OPPO Find X3 Pro Photographer Edition
• 28 February: OPPO Reno3 Pro 5G, Reno3 Vitality Edition, Reno3 Pro 5G Classic Blue Custom Edition, OPPO K7

The company recently introduced ColorOS 12.1 version which is currently limited to the newly launched OnePlus 10 Pro smartphone in China. It comes with new features like HyberBoost to improve the gaming performance, Omoji, and the company promises a faster and smoother software experience for the users.

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Huawei’s own custom user interface, EMUI 9, which is based on Android Pie operating system has already been rolled out to major Huawei and Honor smartphones in China. Recently, the company announced the global release of EMUI 9.

Now, the company has announced that the EMUI 9 open beta update will be available for nine more smartphones models, which include Huawei Mate 9, Mate 9 Porsche Edition, Mate 9 Pro, P10, P10 Plus, Honor V9, Honor 9, Nova 2S, and Honor Note 10.

As per the reports, after update to this open beta update of EMUI 9, some of the third-party applications are not working properly and you’ll have to rely on apps in Huawei App Market. Since this is a beta build, the problem will be fixed by the time company starts rolling out the stable update.

To install the EMUI 9 beta update, the phone should not be rooted and there should be at least 6GB of free internal storage otherwise the update installation will not be successful. As for the timeline, the Mate 9 Pro is expected to get the update from today while the Honor Note will get in early January 2019.

The latest EMUI update brings various new changes along with all the features of Android 9 Pie. The customized skin comes with plenty of bug fixes and enhancements over the EMUI 8.0. The new user interface is better optimized for full view displays and carries additional AI-based features.

It also brings the Computer Mode Version 2.0, wireless universal screen projection through Miracast, one-click screen capture, and HuaweiShare for faster file transfers, among others. There is also a new password manager capable of auto-filling passwords using ID verification from the fingerprint scanner or via facial recognition.

The settings menu has been trimmed down by 10 percent. It also comes with GPU Turbo 2.0 which reduces the touch response of the phone by 36 percent and adds a new app assistant. This new GPU Turbo 2.0 introduces support for more games.

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Since the update is based on Android Pie, it also gets navigation gestures. Among other features, the Android Pie also comes with Adaptive Battery which makes use of machine learning technology to improve the phone’s power management.

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Days after updating Realme 2 and Realme C1, the former Oppo sub-brand is now releasing a new update for its Realme 2 Pro smartphone. The update, which is being rolled out over-the-air (OTA) brings the latest November security patch to the phone.

Along with the new Android security patch, the update also introduces a number of system-level optimizations for the company’s custom interface — ColorOS. After the update, users can dismiss notifications with a single swipe. Also, the headset icon will now appear in the status bar whenever a call is going on.

The phone also gets optimized reminders for Developer Options and Accessibility Mode. Further, the update comes with optimized image quality for the pictures taken using the front-facing camera. The company also acknowledged the battery drain issue and has updated the default TouchPal keyboard app that fixes the battery problem.

The new update for the Realme 2 Pro is being rolled out in phases, meaning it could take some time before it is available for all the users of the phone.

Realme 2 Pro will also get the ColorOS 5.2 update, which will update the smartphone to the latest Android 9 Pie. The ColorOS 5.2 update for the phone is expected to arrive next month.

As for the specifications, the phone features a  6.3-inch IPS LCD dewdrop display with Full HD+ screen resolution, 19.5:9 aspect ratio, and a screen-to-body ratio of 90.8 percent. Under the hood, it is powered by Snapdragon 660 SoC with its own AI engine.

The base model of the phone has 6GB of RAM whereas the highest configuration variant has 8GB of RAM. It comes in multiple storage variants of 64GB and 128GB. There’s a 16-megapixel AI dual cameras on the back and a 160megapixel front-facing snapper with several AI-based features.

Read More: Realme U1 beats the Honor 8X and Redmi Note 6 Pro in AnTuTu scores, photos of retail box leaks

It comes loaded with ColorOS 5.2 custom interface based on Android 8.1 Oreo operating system. The phone is backed by a 3,500mAh battery but lacks the fast charging technology.

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