ColorOS is a
user interface
In the industrial design field of human–computer interaction, a user interface (UI) is the space where interactions between humans and machines occur. The goal of this interaction is to allow effective operation and control of the machine fro ...
created by
Oppo
Oppo (sometimes stylized as OPPO) is a private company, private China, Chinese consumer electronics manufacturer headquartered in Shenzhen, Guangdong.
Founded in 2004, its major product lines include Oppo phones, smartphones, Smart device, sm ...
based on the
Android Open Source Project
Android is an operating system based on a modified version of the Linux kernel and other open-source software, designed primarily for touchscreen-based mobile devices such as smartphones and tablets. Android has historically been developed by ...
. Initially,
Realme phones used ColorOS until it was replaced by
Realme UI in 2020. Realme UI uses some of ColorOS's apps. Starting from the
OnePlus 9 series,
OnePlus will preinstall ColorOS on all smartphones that are sold in mainland
China
China, officially the People's Republic of China (PRC), is a country in East Asia. With population of China, a population exceeding 1.4 billion, it is the list of countries by population (United Nations), second-most populous country after ...
instead of
HydrogenOS (Chinese version of
OxygenOS).
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. Major version 4 was skipped due to the
superstitious nature of the number. 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 ColorOS 7 to ColorOS 11 with the launch of Android 11.
It was announced that ColorOS, OnePlus' Oxygen OS, and Realme UI will merge to form a single Android skin that will appear on all OnePlus, Oppo and Realme UI phones. However these plans were cancelled as the three UI's are being developed on the same codebase, but they are separate.
Version history
See also
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Oppo
Oppo (sometimes stylized as OPPO) is a private company, private China, Chinese consumer electronics manufacturer headquartered in Shenzhen, Guangdong.
Founded in 2004, its major product lines include Oppo phones, smartphones, Smart device, sm ...
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Oppo phones
The following is a list of products that Chinese consumer electronics manufacturer Oppo, running in several countries.
Oppo F Series
The Oppo F series are MediaTek or Qualcomm powered selfie-centered devices in which Oppo used their tagline " ...
Further reading
How OPPO's ColorOS 13 Pushes the Trend of Android Customization
References
External links
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