Increasingly long telephones due to the 18: 9 format and that leads us to be before some of the observations that he has made OnePlus by optimizing OxygenOS 11 for better handling with one hand from their mobiles.
And the truth is that the interface of a phone has to adapt to a new way of interacting, and that leads us to use one hand for greater comfort. Hence, we have a One UI increasingly adapted to having everything "down"; we just have to see how Firefox has totally revamped its browser to bring the field for the URL to that part.
This is how OxygenOS 11 has been optimized for one-handed use
At the beginning of last August OnePlus unveiled the beta of the latest version of Android to OnePlus 8 users. It is just a few hours ago that he commented on some of the observations carried out to turn OxygenOS 11 into a better custom layer thanks to its new design language.
Adapted of course, to that control that we now do by taking the phone with one hand and using the thumb as the guide to get from here over there along the extension of the mobile; one that is increasingly elongated and that it costs more to reach the end, so we have to support ourselves with the other hand for quick access.
Gary C., Product Manager at OnePlus, explains how OnePlus analyzed the data to design a system that was more comfortable with the use of one hand. Among some of the preliminary data it can be found how 65% of users prefer smaller headers, while 80% are thrown more to the headlines with subtitles.
Based on this data, OnePlus designed a hierarchy in which can perfectly see the drawn regions in which it is shown how easy, medium or difficult it is to reach them. That is, what it can cost your big toe to reach a part of the screen before using the other hand for quick access.
Changes made to the interface
Consequently, OxygenOS 11 move the touch controls closer to those areas to which we can reach with our big toe without having to stretch it too much. In other words, we are talking about how now when we open a menu the controls have been brought to the bottom; here we recall what Firefox did for that top bar that has moved to the bottom.
You can see it perfectly in the new button they have taken to the camera app and that is none other than Quick Share; that just yesterday Google has launched globally. Now, when a long press is made on the thumbnail of the image taken, a button appears at the bottom for Quick Share that facilitates user interaction.
We also have the OnePlus weather app that has been redesigned with those principles in mind and with an interface that is being deployed in beta.
This series of news and that we will see in more Oxygen OS 11 apps They go in response, as we have said, to those telephones each time more elongated with that 18: 9 format. The problem really lies with those with small hands, so it becomes more difficult to opt for the latest high-end that shoot where they shoot.
Be that as it may, an adaptation of the interface forced by the mobiles themselves and that allow us to handle everything more quickly while enjoying better screens. A OnePlus rumored to be working on your first wearable, the OnePlus Smartwatch.