OnePlus phones to run OxygenOS despite merger with Oppo’s ColorOS – Times of India

OnePlus, as part of its plans of integrating with the R&D team of Oppo, has announced that the brand is working on integrating the codebase of OxygenOS and ColorOS. “After a lot of evaluation and discussion, we’ve come up with a solid plan to best leverage our shared resources with OPPO,” OnePlus said in a recent forum post. The smartphone brand believes merging codebases with “improve efficiency and standardize the software experience across our portfolio”.
Having said that, OnePlus confirmed that OxygenOS will continue to exist for OnePlus devices and it is not going anywhere. “OxygenOS remains the OS for global OnePlus users as always, but now built on a more stable and stronger platform. This will apply to new devices in the future, while for existing devices that are still within the maintenance schedule, it will occur via an OTA update along with Android 12,” it said.
OxygenOS and ColorsOS codebases merge is said to have little impact on how the UI functions. “This is a change that you will likely not even notice since it’s happening behind the scenes. We now have a larger and even more capable team of developers, more advanced R&D resources, and a more streamlined development process all coming together to improve the OxygenOS experience,” claimed OnePlus.
OnePlus also confirmed that The OnePlus 8 series and newer devices will receive 3 major Android updates and 4 years of security updates while the first OnePlus Nord and newer Nord and Nord CE devices will receive 2 major Android updates and 3 years of security updates. Starting from N10 and N100, all N series devices will receive 1 major Android update and 3 years of security updates.