OnePlus 10 will launch with a unified OS combining OxygenOS and ColorOS
OnePlus will finally be losing the only thing that separates them from OPPO: their Android skin, OxygenOS. After announcing that OxygenOS will be integrating ColorOSβs codebase a few months back, OnePlus has revealed that the upcoming OnePlus 10 will be running on a βunified and upgraded operating systemβ that will be shared with OPPO.
According to OnePlusβ blog post about βOnePlus 2.0β, the unified OS will be combining the strengths of OxygenOS and ColorOS, specifically the βfast and smooth, burdenless experienceβ of OxygenOS and the βstability and rich featuresβ of ColorOS. The unified OS will be based on Android 12, and will be debuting on the next 2022 flagship, which would ostensibly be dubbed the OnePlus 10 series.
I guess the writing was on the wall all this while anyway. It will be interesting what OnePlus and OPPO will call this integrated custom skin. In any case, OnePlus promises that the unified OS will still retain the βDNA of OxygenOSβ, whatever that means. After launching it on the OnePlus 10, the unified OS will be rolled out to their older smartphones as well.
It will be interesting to see whether smartphone enthusiasts will swing towards getting the OPPO flagships instead of OnePlusβ, since the main advantage of OnePlus devices was the clean OxygenOS, and with it now no longer available, OPPOβs designs are probably a lot more enticing, especially considering that both brands will pretty much have the same hardware anyway.
Pokdepinion: Maybe OPPO should just absorb OnePlus into itself and delete this brand entirely. OnePlus was launched as a brand that delivers exceptional value, but thatβs not something we have seen in recent years. And now without OxygenOS as a differentiating factor, they are just going to churn out OPPO devices under a different name. Whatβs the point?


