Oppo has finally released its newest and latest version of the customization layer. This comes as ColorOS 12 And while we already knew what this update would bring to a large extent, now we have all the details of the news it has to offer, and boy are there several.
The update is based on Android 12. Therefore, in addition to coming with its own functions and characteristics, which we will highlight later, it also comes with things typical of Google's operating system, so it arrives loaded with many new things, and now we see them.
All about Oppo's ColorOS 12, the new interface based on Android 12
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To begin with, as expected, ColorOS 12 arrives with numerous cosmetic changes. And it is that this is in the section in which we find the most changes, the new interface of this update being more organized, minimalist and, what is more important, pleasant to look at and to use.
En este sentido, ColorOS 12 comes with new animations and transitions for images and windows. The icons also undergo small changes, being more stylized from now on. Likewise, the fluidity of the navigation in the interface improves considerably, being higher and, at the same time, offering a better user experience. This leaves us, among other things, with redesigned settings and with different organization, as well as with a new option that allows us to adjust the tonality of the screen with greater precision.
The performance of the new update is also superior to that of previous versions. This makes it quite compatible, both with high-end phones, of course, as well as mid-range and budget mobiles. The same way, We see the list of compatible mobiles below.
More privacy and security
ColorOS 12 arrives with privacy and security enhancements. With this, the permissions of the apps are now more specific and strict, but without being annoying.
The purpose of this is that the user has control and knowledge all the time of what the applications installed on the mobile are doing and what the applications installed on the mobile are accessing, mainly if they are third-party apps from both the Google Play Store and another store of any applications.
And is that the new privacy panel with the one that arrives works for it; With this you can see all the permissions used by the apps in the last 24 hours. Through this you can also access different values, thus allowing the adjustment, activation and deactivation of different parameters such as access to the location, camera and other functions and characteristics by the apps installed on the mobile. Likewise, you can choose, in the case of location, if you want certain apps to have access to the exact location or the approximate location, so that no one or anything can know where you are precisely at all times, if you choose the approximate option, of course.
Another function that also comes with this new software update is that of the notice of the use of the phone's camera or microphone, something that enters the news in the area of security and privacy. Now, every time an app uses the phone's microphone or camera, there will be a notification from the mobile, either through the LED light (if available) or another method.
Animated emojis arrive with ColorOS 12, and are called omoji
Something that is becoming more and more present in the new versions of the customization layer from Android mobile manufacturers are animated emojis. ColorOS 12 wants to be part of the club and that is why it brings its own, which can be used in video calls, social media apps and instant messaging and as contact photos. In this case, they are called omoji, and yes, they are similar, in operation, to Apple's Memojis, since they can be personalized in many ways and with enough precision, either through the different styles of eyes, mouth, hairstyle, hair color, skin color and other metrics that can be freely modified through many options to look like one.
On the other hand, the update does not dispense with a new menu panel on the side to offer quick access to numerous settings and, if you like, to different apps as well. This speeds up the way in which we access different sections more quickly. There is also the possibility of sharing the mobile screen on a computer with Windows operating system to use it through it. The feature is called PC Connect.
When will it arrive in Europe and phones compatible with ColorOS 12: list of phones that will be updated to the new interface
Oppo has been kind enough to reveal which phones will be updated to ColorOS 12 with Android 12 along with their respective dates, which apply for Europe and the rest of the world, and are as follows:
Oppo phones that will get ColorOS 12 in the first half of 2022
- Oppo Find X3 Lite 5G.
- Oppo Find X3 Neo 5G.
- Oppo Find X2 Pro.
- Oppo Find X2 Neo.
- Oppo Find X2.
- Oppo Find X2 Lite.
- Oppo Reno6 Pro.
- Oppo Reno 6.
- Oppo Reno4 Pro.
- Oppo Reno 4Z.
- Oppo Reno 4.
- Oppo Reno 10x Zoom.
- Oppo A94 5G.
- Oppo A74 5G.
- Oppo A73 5G.
Oppo phones that will get ColorOS 12 by the end of 2022
- Oppo A74.
- Oppo A54s.
- Oppo A53.
- Oppo A53s.
- Oppo a16.