OPPO’s ColorOS 12 Now Available to Users Globally.

A week after the release of its pilot version, OPPO has officially released ColorOS 12 to users worldwide. The OS is based on Android 12, which the company says it aims to provide users a seamless experience that’s closer to stock Android 12.

Building on top of OPPO’s Infinite Design concept, the new OS comes with softer icons, animations and information framework that are friendly to different languages and cultures, and an adaptable framework with different phone formats. OPPO says ColorOS 12 has addressed lags and stutters after prolonged usage, especially in anti-fragmentation and intelligent resource allocation, leading to a low 2.75% system aging rate in 3 years, an average of 30% lower memory occupation and 20% lower battery consumption.

The Quantum Animation Engine adopts more than 300 improved animations to achieve the realistic animated effects. By imitating physical habits of resistance, inertia and rebound, the feature makes the overall experience smoother and more aligned to the cognition and habits of the human brain so that the experience is more realistic, and intuitive.

Practical features such as PC Connect, 3-Finger Translate powered by Google Lens, FlexDrop and Phone Manager allow ColorOS 12 users stay productive through multiple scenarios.

On the privacy side, OPPO says ColorOS 12 will be privacy-focused with improved security and privacy features from Android 12, including Privacy Dashboards, Approximate Location Sharing and Microphone and Camera Indicators; but also keeping the features such as Private System, Private Safe, App Lock and others.

According to OPPO, they target is to bring ColorOS 12 to over 110 models with 150 million users with ColorOS 12 by the end of 2022. OPPO also guarantees three major Android updates for devices released in 2019 and onwards, and two Android updates for the Reno/F/K and some of the A Series and a single Android update for the low memory A Series models. Together with four years of regular security patch updates for the Reno/ F/K Series, and three years for the A Series.

A notification will be sent to you if an update is available. Tap the notification or manually check it by going to [Settings] > [Software Update]. The system will automatically show a new update. You can see a notification on the [System updates] icon. Download the firmware. It’s best to download using the Wi-Fi network to avoid the consumption of your mobile data.

ColorOS 12 will first roll out on the OPPO Find X3 Pro 5G this month, with other models scheduled to get the update later this year and throughout 2022. Here’s the list of eligible devices and roll out timeline. You can find the full list of features here.

Version Roll-Out Timeline

From October 2021
• OPPO Find X3 Pro 5G

From Nov. 2021
• OPPO Find X2 Pro
• OPPO Find X2 Pro Automobili Lamborghini Edition
• OPPO Find X2
• OPPO Reno6 Pro 5G
• OPPO Reno6 Pro 5G Diwali Edition
• OPPO Reno6 5G

From Dec. 2021
• OPPO Reno6
• OPPO Reno5
• OPPO Reno5 Marvel Edition
• OPPO Reno6 Z 5G
• OPPO Reno5 Pro 5G
• OPPO Reno5 Pro
• OPPO F19 Pro+
• OPPO A74 5G
• OPPO A73 5G

From the first half of 2022
• OPPO Find X3 Lite 5G
• OPPO Find X3 Neo 5G
• OPPO Find X2 Neo
• OPPO Find X2 Lite
• OPPO Reno 10x Zoom
• OPPO Reno5 5G
• OPPO Reno5 F
• OPPO Reno5 Lite
• OPPO Reno5 Z 5G
• OPPO Reno4 Pro 5G
• OPPO Reno4 5G
• OPPO Reno4 F
• OPPO Reno4 Lite
• OPPO Reno4 Z 5G
• OPPO Reno4 Pro
• OPPO Reno4
• OPPO Reno4 Mo Salah Edition
• OPPO Reno3 Pro 5G
• OPPO Reno3 Pro
• OPPO Reno3
• OPPO Reno5 A
• OPPO F19 Pro
• OPPO F17 Pro
• OPPO A94 5G
• OPPO A94
• OPPO A93
• OPPO A54 5G
• OPPO A53s 5G

From the second half of 2022
• OPPO F17
• OPPO F19s
• OPPO F19
• OPPO A74
• OPPO A73
• OPPO A53
• OPPO A53s
• OPPO A16s