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OnePlus has already updated the 12 and 12R to OxygenOS 15 based on Android 15, and the brand is now rolling out the update to its foldable. The update to OxygenOS 15 for it is already rolling out in India as build CPH2551_15.0.0.200(EX01), and OnePlus has today revealed that with the US, EU, and other regions to follow “next week”.

What’s New with OxygenOS 15 for the OnePlus Open

Ultra animation effects:

Introduces the industry’s first parallel processing architecture, offering parallel response and unified rendering to elevate multi-app switching to a new level. Even under extreme usage conditions, the display remains consistently smooth and seamless, ensuring unwavering stability.

AI Retouch:

Introduces the Enhance clarity feature to enhance the clarity of cropped, distant or low-quality photos.With AI Reflection Eraser, blurred photos regain their sharpness, color accuracy, and lighting, ensuring that special moments with pets, kids, and others are vividly preserved.

AI Notes:

• Introduces the new AI writing suite which includes the continue writing, polish and optimise style AI writing features to assist you with drafting and enhancing content, unleashing your creativity in an instant.
• Introduces the Format feature to organise scattered information into well-organised content to make it more visually appealing and easier to read.
• Introduces the Clean up feature to remove filler words from voice notes to make sentences more coherent while retaining the original audio.

Personalization Options:

• Introduces new flux themes with a huge collection of high-quality themes. Customise them with system wallpapers and photos for your unique touch.
• Introduces customisation for Always-On Display, the Lock screen and the Home screen. Always-On Display supports flux and classic modes. The Lock screen supports clock colour blending, blurred wallpapers, AI depth effects, AI auto-fills and more. The Home screen supports blurred wallpapers and more.
• Introduces flux themes with one-take transition animations, enabling seamless and smooth transitions between Always-On Display, Lock screen and Home screen, significantly enhancing visual continuity.

Live Alerts

• Adds a new Live Alerts design that is focused on the visualisation of information, offering better information display efficiency. Live Alerts is also positioned in the centre, creating a more balanced display.
• Optimises the way you interact with Live Alerts capsules –  just tap a capsule and see it expand into a card. You can quickly switch between multiple live activities simply by swiping left or right on the capsules in the status bar, making it more efficient to view information.
• Introduces a new Live Alerts animation system featuring elastic design, seamless expansion and dynamic real-time blur to enhance the visuals of cards.

Boosted Productivity: 

Resizable split-view windows, floating window gestures, and split Quick Settings and notifications enhance multitasking.

Cross-Platform File Sharing-OnePlus Share: 

• The new file transfer capability with iOS devices, easily connecting and sharing files through OnePlus Share.
• Now you can easily share live photos with nearby iOS devices.

Privacy protection

• Improves Private Safe with the new categorised browsing features for images, videos and documents, making it easier to manage private data.
• Introduces a new Home screen entry for hidden apps. You can tap the Hidden apps folder on the Home screen and verify your privacy password to see the apps.

Wi-Fi

Optimises the multi-network experience for more precise, efficient and seamless switches between networks.

Following the launch of the OnePlus Watch 2 at MWC, the Watch 2R was followed at the end of the year as a cheaper alternative. 

The OnePlus Watch 2 is a Wear OS-based smartwatch that OnePlus launched in early 2024 as a drastic upgrade over 2020’s dreadful OnePlus Watch. Later on in the year, the OnePlus Watch 2R launched as a slightly cheaper, but essentially identical device.

The Watch 2 has only been available since March and the 2R since July, but the company is clearly already preparing for the launch of another smartwatch in the near future.

According to a very active tipster Yogesh Brar on X, the OnePlus Watch 3 will be hitting “global markets” in the near future.It will launch internationally alongside the OnePlus 13 and OnePlus 13R.However, this seems unlikely as the former was officially launched in China last month, a global launch could be imminent, and OnePlus has yet to reveal anything about the new smartwatch.

There are no details about the OnePlus Watch 3 yet, but we of course expect it to run Google’s Wear OS just like its two predecessors from earlier this year.  The Watch 2 was widely regarded for its stellar battery life, but it’s unclear what a sequel might bring to the table.

The OnePlus 13, unveiled last month in China, has picked up a software update that comes with a Macro Mode. Once you download and install this update, you’ll see a petal icon in the OnePlus 13’s default camera app, allowing you to click pictures in macro with the 50MP ultrawide camera.

With the “macro close-up” feature, the phone has become a little more versatile for smartphone photography. As for the camera setup itself, the OnePlus 13 sports a 50 MP Sony LYT-808 primary camera on the rear. It’s paired with the Sony LYT-600 50 MP periscope telephoto and Samsung S5KJN5 ultrawide. On the front, there’s a 32 MP selfie shooter.

According to early reviews, the camera setup of the OnePlus 13 is more capable than that of its predecessors. It’s also worth mentioning that this Snapdragon 8 Elite flagship features the same Hasselblad Master Imaging algorithm that the Find X8 series sports, which aims to offer enhanced photos.

The OnePlus 13 is powered by the Snapdragon 8 Elite and runs Android 15-based ColorOS 15 out of the box. However, the international models will boot OxygenOS 15. The smartphone comes with up to 24GB RAM and 1TB of storage onboard, but the global versions are rumored to have only two options – 12GB/256GB and 16GB/512GB.

The Snapdragon 8 Elite-powered flagship is built around a 6.82″ 1,440p 120Hz LTPO AMOLED display with an ultrasonic fingerprint scanner embedded. Fueling the smartphone is a 6,000 mAh battery with 100W wired and 50W wireless charging. The OnePlus 13 also has an IP69 rating.

The OnePlus 13 is currently only available in China.As for the global launch, OnePlus has yet to share details on it, but it’s expected in early 2025.The phone could also likely launch alongside the OnePlus 13R, which will reportedly be a rebrand of the Ace 5 that will launch in China in December.