OnePlus 9 Pro Running Android 12-Based ColorOS 12 Instead of OxygenOS Reportedly Spotted

OnePlus 9 Professional cellphone was reportedly noticed working Android 12-based ColorOS 12, changing OxygenOS. After OnePlus and Oppo introduced their merger, smartphones from OnePlus shall be receiving a brand new unified working system from 2022. Nonetheless, plainly the OnePlus 9 Professional unit was working a beta check model of the ColorOS 12 replace, as per a screenshot shared by a consumer. OnePlus 9 Professional launched with OxygenOS 11 primarily based on Android 11 out of the field. It’s powered by a Snapdragon 888 SoC paired with as much as 12GB of RAM.

A picture purportedly exhibiting the OnePlus 9 Professional working ColorOS 12 was shared by a Reddit consumer — noticed by MySmartPrice. Nonetheless, the Reddit publish shouldn’t be seen anymore because it appears to have been deleted since. The shared screenshot reveals the OnePlus 9 Professional with the mannequin quantity LE2121 working Android 12 primarily based ColorOS 12. The smartphone is probably going an Indonesian unit. The replace additionally appears to be part of a beta check being carried out on the worldwide variant of the flagship smartphone. There isn’t any phrase on the official rollout of the brand new software program replace within the worldwide market as of now.

OnePlus and Oppo introduced earlier this month that they’re becoming a member of forces to create a brand new unified working system combining OxygenOS and ColorOS. The brand new working system shall be part of the subsequent OnePlus flagship smartphone collection that’s touted to launch in 2022. OnePlus Co-Founder and CEO and Oppo CPO Pete Lau stated in a discussion board publish that the brand new working system would hold the DNA of OxygenOS and get an upgraded general expertise.

Lau additionally talked about that OnePlus units will nonetheless get a “clear and light-weight” expertise from the brand new working system and help unlock bootloaders. Each OnePlus and Oppo are aiming to totally full the combination course of earlier than the subsequent main Android replace in 2022.

Earlier this month, ColorOS 12 was introduced together with the record of units that shall be receiving the replace. OnePlus 9 collection telephones in China — that migrated to ColorOS some time in the past — would be the first to obtain the brand new replace together with the Oppo Discover X3 Professional.