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While the Oppo R17 devices should run on the software version C10/C11 and the slot is available for the first 10,000 people. It’s also worth mentioning that the early beta build will contain few bugs or stability issues. So, before applying for the beta update or installing it, make sure to take a full data backup. The interested users can apply for this early adopters program via the device Settings > Software Update > Tap on the gear icon on the upper-right corner > Provide the information and check the privacy policy > Tap on Apply Now > Fill up the application form.

Check out the update changelog below:

Update logs:

  • Visual
  • New borderless design new upgrade, more visual shock, more efficient operation, more natural experience
  • New OPPO Sans default font, overall simplicity, and elegance, rich in scientific and technological beauty
  • Breeno
  • New Breeno instructions let you complete daily tasks faster in fewer steps, and create personalized shortcut instructions
  • New Breeno voice, photo search function, can be based on photo time, location, people, etc.
  • New Breeno voice, camera wake-up, voice-switchable camera mode
  • New Breeno voice, turn on turn off dark mode, query steps, turn on Breeno screen and other voice commands
  • New Breeno suggests that low-power alerts when low-power automatic detection of nearby charging treasure merchants
  • New Breeno sleep mode, dark mode at night, and turn on Do Not Disturb
  • New Breeno screen, meeting schedule information recognition, can be added with one click of the agenda
  • Optimize Breeno sweep, independent sweep with objects, easy to evoke
  • New Breeno driving to quickly turn on phones, music, WeChat and a recently used app
  • New Breeno Express, News and Information Module
  • Smart Sidebar
  • Optimize visual interaction to enhance the one-handed experience
  • Optimize the smart sidebar, replace the file desk with file management, and remove Breeno voice, ultra-clear vision, the notice does not disturb three shortcut tools
  • New note shortcut tool
  • New support drag and drop app for fast split-screen
  • New “Buoy Transparency” and “Buoy Full Screen Hide” settings
  • Optimize the floating window mode suitable range, more applications support floating window opening
  • New floating window bubble function, support for quick expansion/folding floating window
  • Screenshot
  • Optimize three-finger screenshots, you can select the screen-blocking area by three-finger press and swipe, and press and slide out of the screen to quickly hold a screen
  • New screenshot settings to adjust preview window position, setting chime, etc.
  • Optimize screenshot preview float, drop-down to share, pull-up float window for long screen castoff
  • Navigation Gestures 3.0
  • New Slide in from both sides of the screen and stay to switch to the previous app
  • Optimize all gestures to support cross-screen scenes
  • System
  • New flashback key, support navigation, taxi, game important information desktop display, a one-click quick return to the app
  • New dark color mode, power-saving, and eye protection
  • New focus mode to help block outside distractions while working or studying
  • The new charging animation style
  • Optimize control center interaction, one-handed operation experience is more friendly
  • New screen recording pause function
  • New screen recording float and recording settings
  • New 360 clean-up engine
  • The new global theme, the theme adds more playability
  • New Global Delete Sound Effects, Calculator Key tones, Compass Pointing to Sound Feedback
  • Optimized built-in ringtone resources
  • New barrier-free TalkBack suspension tips
  • New barrier-free color mode to enhance the experience of visually impaired users
  • New recent task management page with recent task display memory information switch and app lock management
  • Game
  • Optimize the visual interaction of the game space
  • Optimise Game Space Launch Animation
  • Optimize game assistant interaction and outbound mode, new gamepad connection entrance
  • Desktop
  • New interactive live wallpaper
  • New Art-and-Still Wallpaper
  • New desktop slide settings to customize open global search or notification hub
  • New desktop icon customization, you can customize the size, shape, style of the icon
  • Optimize the unlock process, cross-scratch to switch unlock mode
  • Optimize password unlock vision, one-handed unlock more convenient
  • New lock screen support live wallpaper
  • Optimize the breath-screen clock style, more personality choices
  • New desktop simple mode, larger font icon, more concise and clear
  • Safety
  • New password this feature, automatically password, one-click login
  • New Remote Guardian app usage time, you can see the binding phone nearly 7 days of use of the app
  • New Remote Guard deactivation window, you can set the disabled period of the bound phone
  • New Remote Guardian app set time limit, you can set the binding phone app use time, limit some game match
  • New Remote Guardian One-click navigation, one-click navigation to the location of the bound phone
  • New SOS Emergency Contact Smart Customer Service for Help, When the emergency contact does not answer the phone, intelligent customer service will help continue to call the emergency contact phone
  • New random MAC address connection WiFi, block targeted advertising, protect privacy, information security
  • New sensitive permissions when using the status bar icon prompt, you can view the specific call of the application details, to prevent personal privacy disclosure
  • New permission usage record to view the history of app call permissions
  • Tools
  • New note palace-style
  • New note background setting, available in 6 colors and 4 skin backgrounds
  • New note time reminder function, you can set memo reminder point in time
  • New note removal retrieval feature, deleted notes will be retained in the recently deleted folder for 30 days
  • New calculator window mode, support for quick start-up through control center and smart sidebar
  • New recording crop function, can be cut for existing recordings, to obtain important clips
  • New calendar supports custom scheduling recurrence
  • New alarm dynamic weather ringtones match different ringtones depending on the day’s weather
  • New weather animation effect, according to different weather to show different dynamics
  • New file management addopPO cloud disk portal, access to OPPO cloud content
  • Camera
  • Optimize camera interaction to enhance the operating experience
  • Optimize photo countdown interaction with a cue
  • Album
  • Optimize album atlas interaction, clearer level, more convenient to find pictures
  • New album recommendations to support more than 80 types of scene recognition
  • Communications
  • New OPPO inter transmission support and Vivo, Xiaomi equipment mutual transmission
  • Optimize phone-based vision for a more concise and efficient experience
  • New strange number call quick settings page, one-click new contact, add tags or blacklist
  • Settings
  • New deactivation period, custom deactivation time period, effective management of mobile phone usage time
  • New app setting sit time, you can set the app use time, limit some game match, prevent app and game addiction
  • Optimize setting up a search function to support fuzzy search and search record presentation
  • Application
  • New Soloop ready-to-record, more understanding of your video intelligent authoring tools
  • New health, monitoring of sports health data, providing health services

On the other side, the Oppo Find X has started receiving the second batch of the early adopters’ recruitment process for the first 8,000 people. Make sure to check the latest software version and install it before applying for the beta program. In order to apply, go to the device Settings > Software Updates > Tap on the gear icon in the top-right corner > Tap on Trial Version > Fill in the details & select the checkbox > Tap on Apply Now. Now, let’s check out the update changelog below:

  • New borderless design new upgrade, more visual shock, more efficient operation, more natural experience

  • New OPPO Sans default font, overall simplicity, and elegance, rich in scientific and technological beauty

  • New Breeno instructions let you complete daily tasks faster in fewer steps, and create personalized shortcut instructions

  • New Breeno voice, photo search function, can be based on photo time, location, people, etc.

  • New Breeno voice, camera wake-up, voice-switchable camera mode

  • New Breeno voice, turn on turn off dark mode, query steps, turn on Breeno screen and other voice commands

  • New Breeno suggests that low-power alerts when low-power automatic detection of nearby charging treasure merchants

  • New Breeno sleep mode, dark mode at night, and turn on Do Not Disturb

  • New Breeno screen, meeting schedule information recognition, can be added with one click of the agenda

  • Optimize Breeno sweep, independent sweep with objects, easy to evoke

  • New Breeno driving to quickly turn on phones, music, WeChat and a recently used app

  • New Breeno Express, News and Information Module

  • Optimize visual interaction to enhance the one-handed experience

  • Optimize the smart sidebar, replace the file desk with file management, and remove Breeno voice, ultra-clear vision, the notice does not disturb three shortcut tools

  • New note shortcut tool

  • New support drag and drop app for fast split-screen

  • New “Buoy Transparency” and “Buoy Full Screen Hide” settings

  • Optimize the floating window mode suitable range, more applications support floating window opening

  • New floating window bubble function, support for quick expansion/folding floating window

  • Optimize three-finger screenshots, you can select the screen-blocking area by three-finger press and swipe, and press and slide out of the screen to quickly hold a screen

  • New screenshot settings to adjust preview window position, setting chime, etc.

  • Optimize screenshot preview float, drop-down to share, pull-up float window for long screen castoff

  • New Slide in from both sides of the screen and stay to switch to the previous app

  • Optimize all gestures to support cross-screen scenes

  • New flashback key, support navigation, taxi, game important information desktop display, a one-click quick return to the app

  • New dark color mode, power-saving, and eye protection

  • New focus mode to help block outside distractions while working or studying

  • The new charging animation style

  • Optimize control center interaction, one-handed operation experience is more friendly

  • New screen recording pause function

  • New screen recording float and recording settings

  • New 360 clean-up engine

  • The new global theme, the theme adds more playability

  • New Global Delete Sound Effects, Calculator Key tones, Compass Pointing to Sound Feedback

  • Optimized built-in ringtone resources

  • New barrier-free TalkBack suspension tips

  • New barrier-free color mode to enhance the experience of visually impaired users

  • New recent task management page with recent task display memory information switch and app lock management

  • Optimize the visual interaction of the game space

  • Optimise Game Space Launch Animation

  • Optimize game assistant interaction and outbound mode, new gamepad connection entrance

  • New interactive live wallpaper

  • New Art-and-Still Wallpaper

  • New desktop slide settings to customize open global search or notification hub

  • New desktop icon customization, you can customize the size, shape, style of the icon

  • Optimize the unlock process, cross-scratch to switch unlock mode

  • Optimize password unlock vision, one-handed unlock more convenient

  • New lock screen support live wallpaper

  • Optimize the breath-screen clock style, more personality choices

  • New desktop simple mode, larger font icon, more concise and clear

  • New password this feature, automatically password, one-click login

  • New Remote Guardian app usage time, you can see the binding phone nearly 7 days of use of the app

  • New Remote Guard deactivation window, you can set the disabled period of the bound phone

  • New Remote Guardian app set time limit, you can set the binding phone app use time, limit some game match

  • New Remote Guardian One-click navigation, one-click navigation to the location of the bound phone

  • New SOS Emergency Contact Smart Customer Service for Help, When the emergency contact does not answer the phone, intelligent customer service will help continue to call the emergency contact phone

  • New random MAC address connection WiFi, block targeted advertising, protect privacy, information security

  • New sensitive permissions when using the status bar icon prompt, you can view the specific call of the application details, to prevent personal privacy disclosure

  • New permission usage record to view the history of app call permissions

  • New note palace-style

  • New note background setting, available in 6 colors and 4 skin backgrounds

  • New note time reminder function, you can set memo reminder point in time

  • New note removal retrieval feature, deleted notes will be retained in the recently deleted folder for 30 days

  • New calculator window mode, support for quick start-up through control center and smart sidebar

  • New recording crop function, can be cut for existing recordings, to obtain important clips

  • New calendar supports custom scheduling recurrence

  • New alarm dynamic weather ringtones match different ringtones depending on the day’s weather

  • New weather animation effect, according to different weather to show different dynamics

  • New file management addopPO cloud disk portal, access to OPPO cloud content

  • Optimize camera interaction to enhance the operating experience

  • Optimize photo countdown interaction with a cue

  • Optimize album atlas interaction, clearer level, more convenient to find pictures

  • New album recommendations to support more than 80 types of scene recognition

  • New OPPO inter transmission support and Vivo, Xiaomi equipment mutual transmission

  • Optimize phone-based vision for a more concise and efficient experience

  • New strange number call quick settings page, one-click new contact, add tags or blacklist

  • New deactivation period, custom deactivation time period, effective management of mobile phone usage time

  • New app setting sit time, you can set the app use time, limit some game match, prevent app and game addiction

  • Optimize setting up a search function to support fuzzy search and search record presentation

  • New Soloop ready-to-record, more understanding of your video intelligent authoring tools

  • New health, monitoring of sports health data, providing health services

Updates:

[Visuals]

  • Brand new borderless design makes visuals more attractive and operation more efficient.
  • Added OPPO Sans as the default font. The new font delivers a refreshing feel and fits well with OPPO’s pursuit of blending beauty and technology.

[Smart Sidebar]

  • Optimized user interfaces and improved one-handed operation.
  • Drag an app out of Smart Sidebar to open it in Split-screen mode.
  • Added two settings: Assistive Ball Opacity and Hide Assistive Ball on Fullscreen App.
  • Optimised the Floating Window feature for more apps.
  • Added a bubble: A bubble is displayed when you open an app in a floating window from the Smart Sidebar. Tap the bubble to collapse and open the app.

[Screenshot]

  • Optimised 3-Finger Screenshot: Use 3 fingers to touch and hold the screen and swipe your fingers to adjust the screenshot size. Use 3 fingers to touch and hold the screen and swipe your fingers outwards to capture a long screenshot.
  • Added screenshot settings: You can adjust the position of the screenshot preview floating window and set the screenshot sound.
  • Optimised screenshot preview floating window: After taking a screenshot, drag it up and release to share it, or drag it down and release to take a long screenshot.
  • New gesture: Swipe left or right at the bottom of the screen to switch between recently used apps.

[Navigation Gestures 3.0]

  • New gesture: Swipe inward from both sides of the screen and then hold to switch to the previous app.
  • Optimised gestures: All gestures are supported in landscape mode.

[System]

  • Added Dark Mode: Protects your eyes while reducing power consumption.
  • Added Focus Mode: Shields you from outside distractions when you are learning or working.
  • Added all new charging animation.
  • Optimised the Quick Settings user interface for easier one-handed operation.
  • Swipe left or right to ignore banner notifications.
  • Added a pause function for screen recording.
  • Added a floating window and settings for screen recording.
  • New sounds added for file deletion, calculator key touches, and compass pointer.
  • Optimised system pre-loaded ringtones.
  • Added TalkBack floating prompts for Accessibility.
  • Colour Accessibility Mode added to improve the user experience for visually impaired users.
  • New management function for recent tasks: You can view memory information about recent tasks and lock apps.

[Games]

  • Optimised visual interaction for Game Space.
  • Optimised the startup animation for Game Space.

[Home Screen]

  • More live wallpapers.
  • Added Art+ static wallpapers.
  • Customise whether to open Global Search or the notification drawer when swiping down on the Home screen.
  • Customise the size, shape, and style of app icons on the Home screen.
  • Optimised the graphic design of password unlocks to facilitate one-handed operations.
  • Supported live wallpapers on the Lock screen.
  • More screen-off clock styles.
  • Added a simple Home screen mode, featuring larger fonts and icons and a clearer layout.

[Security]

  • Connect your phone to Wi-Fi networks using a random MAC address to avoid targeted ads and protect your privacy.

[Tools]

  • In Quick Settings or Smart Sidebar, you can open Calculator in a floating
  • Added the trim feature in Recordings.
  • Added the Weather (dynamic) ringtone, which automatically adapts to the current weather.
  • Added weather-adaptive animations in Weather.

[Camera]

  • Optimised the Camera UI for a better user experience.
  • Optimised the Timer UI and sound.

[Photos]

  • Optimised the Album UI for a clear hierarchy and quick lookup of photos.
  • Added Album Recommendations that recognizes more than 80 different scenes.

[Communications]

  • OPPO Share now supports sharing files with Vivo and Xiaomi devices.
  • Optimised the Contacts UI for a more efficient experience.

[Settings]

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  • Search Settings now supports a fuzzy match and contains a search history.

[Applications]

  • Soloop Video Editor: Create your video with one tap.
  • Added DocVault, an app for easy management and use of your digital ID cards (available only on phones sold in India).

The update is also available in Indonesia, Thailand, Australia, and some other regions. Meanwhile, the ColorOS 7.1 development also in the works and the Bluetooth SIG recently stated that the Oppo Find X2 series devices are running on the ColorOS 7.1 version.

Though there is no official confirmation available yet that which devices will gonna receive this update. According to the beta update changelog, it’s expected that the software update brings DND mode improvements, enhanced settings, notification management, and more. Though it’s a small upgrade from ColorOS 7.0 to ColorOS 7.1, we can’t see any major improvement or addition in this version. It’s also expected that Oppo Find X2 will release in Mid-March 2020. So, we have to wait for it.

The Chinese smartphone manufacturer Oppo has finally started rolling out the latest ColorOS 6.7 update for the Oppo Reno devices in India based on Android 10. This year Google has released Android 10 (aka Android Q) officially as a successor version of the last year’s Android 9 Pie. It brings so many new features, system improvements, and performance optimizations that users will find useful in their daily life. Previously, Oppo has started the Android 10 beta program for the Oppo Reno (PCAM00) model in China. Currently, most of the Oppo smartphones are running on ColorOS 6 based on Android Pie.

If you’re using any of the Oppo Reno series devices will also receive the update soon. Whereas, Oppo Reno 10X Zoom received Android 10 Beta update in October this year. According to the Realme officials and reports, Realme devices will receive a stock-like skin that can be ColorOS 7 very soon.

Oppo is trying to improve its ColorOS skin with each and every update especially the UI design, material-type clean look, and more. The latest version of ColorOS is one of the major updates this year by Oppo and it brings plenty of Android 10 based core-features and some of the customized enhancements as well. Now, let’s take a look at the new ColorOS version features.

ColorOS 6.7 Features

  • Dark Mode option with schedule timing
  • Improved Notification Center with smaller system tray icons
  • Shortcut Toggles
  • Full-Screen Gestures Navigation
  • Oppo Smart Assistant
  • Adaptive Brightness
  • AOD (Always-on display) with improved graphics or animations
  • Redesigned Volume Bar
  • Smart Sidebar (home screen shortcut)
  • Floating Window
  • Improved Camera app
  • Improved Recent Tasks tab
  • Enhanced Lock Screen
  • Changes in Power button interface with a slider
  • Redesigned Settings UI
  • Improved Icons with closing animation
  • Digital Wellbeing & Parental Controls
  • Privacy feature in App Management
  • Randomize MAC Address option while connecting to Wi-Fi
  • and more

ColorOS 6.7 (Android 10) Eligible Devices

As we mentioned earlier that currently Oppo has released the ColorOS 6.7 for Oppo Reno in India and soon it will roll-out in other regions as well. Rest of the Oppo Reno lineup devices such as Oppo Reno2, Reno2 Z, Reno 10X Zoom, and more then you will receive the Android 10 based update by the end of this year expectedly.

If you’re using the Oppo Reno Indian variant and want to be a part of Android 10 beta based on the ColorOS 6 trial version, then you can register your device from here.

Source: ColorOS Community