OxygenOS is a customized version of the Android mobile operating system created by Chinese smartphone manufacturer OnePlus only for their smartphones. OxygenOS was created for their abroad market. There is likewise another version of the OS designed specifically for the Chinese home market called HydrogenOS.
In an interview published on 3 September 2016, XDA Developers revealed that OnePlus was “actively merging both platforms (OxygenOS and HydrogenOS) into a single cohesive operating system”.
OxygenOS Features
Notable features of versions 2.0 and 2.1. include app permissions, Waves MaxxAudio, SwiftKey Keyboard, Off-Screen gestures, custom symbols, dim mode, manual camera mode, and RAW support for 3rd party apps, like Camera FV-5 2.75.
On 14 June 2016, OnePlus released OxygenOS 3.0. It is a version of Android with few modifications and internal tuning, similar to Gestures, Shelf and a dim mode by OnePlus.
On 31 December 2016, OnePlus released OxygenOS 4.0.0 to the public via OTA download. It is based on Android Nougat and includes its features and a few different alterations.
Night Mode
Night Mode activates a blue light filter, which lessens weakness when seeing the screen at night. The element appeared a year ago, however on the OnePlus 5 and 5T you can set it to naturally draw in from sunset to sunrise, or select a custom time range.
Reading Mode
Reading Mode is a new feature that was presented not long ago with the OnePlus 5. Like Night Mode, the feature automatically calibrates the color temperature of the display, making it conducive to reading.
Gestures
OxygenOS offers a range of gestures that make it less demanding to connect with the phone. The three-finger screenshot signal, for example, enables you to take a screenshot just by swiping down anyplace on the screen with three fingers.
Launcher Customization
The most recent cycle of the OnePlus Launcher has plenty of likenesses to the Pixel Launcher — you can slide up from anyplace from the lower half of the home screen to get to access the app drawer.
The OnePlus 5 and 5T have a flip that gives you see your network speeds in the status bar. You don’t get the chance to perceive how much information you’ve devoured in a day, but it is a nerdy feature to have nonetheless.
Navigation Buttons
A nifty feature in OxygenOS is the capacity to pick between capacitive or on-screen navigation keys. If you’re going with the hardware keys, there’s a flip to turn off the backlight. The default layout of the buttons is back, home, and recent, however, you can switch the back and recent buttons in case you’re originating from a Samsung phone and need to have the back button to one side of the home key.
Change Audio
The OnePlus 5/5T takes the full favorable position of the Snapdragon 835 chipset, and that includes a Bluetooth 5.0 chip and the aptX HD sound codec. You’ll have the capacity to switch between aptX HD, aptX, and the default SBC codec.
LED Notifications
OxygenOS enables you to tweak the LED warning light for different activities. There’s the alternative to choose from eight colors for default warnings, battery full pointer, battery charging, and battery low. You can likewise choose which applications trigger the LED warning light.
Shelf
The shelf is situated to one side of the home screen, and gives you a quick overview of the date, time, and weather information for your current location, along with a list of your frequent contacts and recently-used apps.
Gaming DND
The OnePlus 5/5T doesn’t have a Do Not Disturb mode for notifications (you’ll need to physically flip the Alert Slider consistently), yet it has one for when you’re gaming.
Privacy issues
On 10 October 2017, a security researcher found that an OxygenOS system service named “DeviceManagerService” gathers sensitive information and sends it back to OnePlus servers. The service gathers many data points, including the device serial number, phone number, IMEI, network connections, and timestamped records of user activity within every app.
Users can uninstall the system service via ADB. Later, OnePlus released an announcement about information gathering and analytics, guaranteeing that the information is utilized for system improvement and optimization, is not shared with third parties, and can be disabled by users in the system settings. OnePlus additionally says that they are modifying the data analysis mechanism, and will no longer collect certain data.