ColorOS
ColorOS is a user interface created by Oppo based on the Android Open Source Project. Initially, Realme phones used ColorOS until it was replaced by Realme UI in 2020. Realme UI uses some of ColorOS's apps. [1] Starting from OnePlus 9 series OnePlus will preinstall ColorOS on all smartphones that are sold in mainland China instead of HydrogenOS (Chinese version of OxygenOS).[2]
Developer | Oppo |
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OS family | Google, Android, Oppo, Realme and OnePlus |
Working state | Current |
Initial release | September 23, 2013 |
Latest release | Global: ColorOS 13.0/13.1 Android 13 China: ColorOS 13.0/ 13.1 / August 19, 2022 |
Latest preview | ColorOS 13 / 3, March 2023 |
Available in | China: Chinese Global: English and others |
License | Proprietary |
Official website | www |
The first version of ColorOS was launched in September 2013. Oppo had released plenty of Android smartphones before then. It was not stock Android, but Oppo did not label it as ColorOS. Over the years, Oppo launched new official versions of the operating system. To make things less confusing, in 2020 the company revealed that it would adopt the same numbering scheme as mainline Android, and as such ColorOS jumped from ColorOS7 to ColorOS 11.
In the future, ColorOS, OnePlus' Oxygen OS and Realme UI will merge together to form a single Android skin that will appear on all OnePlus, Oppo and Realme UI phones.[3]
Version history
ColorOS version | Android version | Release date |
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1.0 | 4.1 Jelly Bean | September 23, 2013 |
2.0 | 4.4 KitKat | |
2.1 | 5.0 Lollipop | |
2.1.0i | 5.0 | |
3.0 | 5.1 | March 17, 2016 |
3.1 | 7.0 Nougat | |
3.2 | Nougat | |
5.0 | 8.0 Oreo | |
5.1 | Oreo | |
5.2 | Oreo | |
5.2.1 | Oreo | |
6.0[4] | 9 Pie | March 17, 2019 |
6.0.1 | 9 Pie | |
6.1 | 9 Pie | |
6.1.2 | 9 Pie | |
6.7 | 10 | |
7.0 | 10 | November 20, 2019 |
7.1 | 10 | |
7.2 | 10 | |
11 | 11 | September 14, 2020 |
11.1 | 11 | December 23, 2020 |
11.2 | 11 | |
11.3 | 11 | |
12 | 11/12 | September 16, 2021 |
12.1 | 12 | February 24, 2022 |
13 | 13 | August 19, 2022 |
13.1 | 13 |
Further reading
References
- "Realme UI officially detailed: simplified design, new features". GSMArena.com. Retrieved 2022-04-13.
- "OnePlus 9 series to arrive with ColorOS 11 in China, global units will stick to OxygenOS". GSMArena.com. Retrieved 2021-07-15.
- "Color OS guide: Everything you need to know about Oppo's Android skin". Android Authority. 2022-05-01. Retrieved 2022-05-07.
- "Oppo announces bright ColorOS 6.0 with machine learning and new font". GSMArena.com. Retrieved 2018-11-29.