OnePlus is merging OxygenOS with Oppo’s ColorOS

Following final month’s announcement that OnePlus was integrating with Oppo, successfully turning into a sub-brand of the telephone producer, the corporate announced on Friday that it’s additionally merging OxygenOS with Oppo’s ColorOS working system (via 9to5Google).

Both firms’ software program will stay separate and proceed to serve their particular person areas (OxygenOS for OnePlus telephones globally, ColorOS on OnePlus and Oppo gadgets in China) however share a standard codebase, which OnePlus says ought to standardize its software program expertise and streamline the event course of for future OxygenOS updates.

OnePlus says the change may also permit the corporate to ensure higher Android replace help going ahead, one thing Samsung has additionally tried to enhance on in the previous few years. OnePlus lays out the life span for updates as follows:

• Flagship telephones together with the T and R fashions get three main Android updates and 4 years of safety updates.
• Nord and Nord CE telephones get two main Android updates and three years of safety updates.
• Nord N telephones will get one main Android replace and three years of safety updates.

OnePlus does restrict these replace commitments to the OnePlus 8 and up, so older OnePlus gadgets might be out of luck.

As the subsequent step in no matter is happening with OnePlus, Oppo, and the broader BBK Electronics umbrella, merging the businesses’ software program on the backend looks as if a web optimistic for OnePlus customers. How impartial OnePlus is now that it’s “integrated” appears about as unclear as when it was impartial, owned by BBK, and seemingly sharing some elements with Oppo, however so long as telephones are supported, it hopefully shouldn’t matter.