A lot of developments and updates occur in the Android system every day. Each Android version comes with new features from the previous one, and in turn, the manufacturers of Android smartphones present their updated version of the new Android version. With the launch of Android 12 this year, Samsung started providing the OneUI 4 update, Xiaomi by introducing MIUI 13, as well as OPPO with its new version, ColorOS 12, and in its twelfth version, it offers many new features based on the Android 12 system, so let us learn about the most prominent of these features that you will be able to get. Soon if you have a recent phone from Oppo that is eligible for the update.
1- New user interface
Renewing the user interface ColorOS 12 was the first thing that OPPO focused on to meet the needs of users, so it updated the ColorOS interface with a comprehensive new design, added 3D icons with new animations, and added many improvements to the refresh rate of the screens of its flagship phones. The shape is the first thing the user sees from the phone and therefore you find them paying attention to it a lot, but this did not overshadow the performance as ColorOS 12 offers a much better experience than its previous versions, and it is worth noting that this change is noteworthy and commendable.
2- Consistency between the interface and background colors
This system is called “ Wallpaper-Based Theming Engine ” and its idea is influenced by the basic features of the Android 12 system. This system allows the phone to form the theme by analyzing the phone’s background and extracting colors from it and selecting the theme according to these colors so that the phone becomes completely consistent in terms of shape, and these The feature, like its predecessor, expresses their interest in the user interface because, as we mentioned before, the first thing the user sees from the phone.
3- Google Lens integration
Is the Google Lens is a technique to identify the images developed by Google, and is used to identify the text of images and translate them instead of these re - write the words, and now with the new version of ColorOS was added shortcut in the sidebar smartphone in the phone, all you need To use it is to drag the bar from the right side and choose the translation by Google lens and this will work with ease, you can also use the smart sidebar to launch applications in windowed mode, quickly launch your favorite applications and more.
4- Play videos in the background
Not one of us who didn't want to play YouTube video in the background but found it only available for "YouTube Premium" subscribers and this makes many annoyed that they may want to play a song from YouTube but they can't, well let's envy Oppo users as this feature is now available in Their phones can play videos in the background without Premium and with ease, all you have to do is play the video and then drag the "Smart sidebar" and then choose "Background Stream".
5- Camera and microphone indicators
Oppo has integrated all the major new privacy features of Android 12 into ColorOS 12. One of them is that when you open any app that uses the camera or microphone, an indicator will appear on the notification bar in the top-right corner indicating that the camera or microphone is in use; Green for camera and yellow for microphone. This way, you'll always know when apps are using your microphone or camera. You'll also find square buttons to disable microphone and camera access for all apps on your device. You can use them easily from the phone's status bar.
6- Share the approximate location
As an increase to enhance privacy, Oppo has added this feature and aims to prevent apps from determining your exact location anymore. You need your exact location, of course you should exclude GPS applications such as Google maps, we mean other applications.
7- Privacy of notifications
The Face Unlock feature in ColorOS 12 has been improved to make it more privacy friendly. As the operating system shows the notification content only when the front camera detects that you are in front of the phone, otherwise the notification content will remain hidden to protect your privacy.
8- Privacy Control Panel
Privacy Dashboard is another new privacy feature in Android 12 that Oppo has integrated into ColorOS 12, which is a dashboard that shows a timeline of how your installed apps use different permissions on your phone, for example you can see how many times your microphone access permission has been used over the past 24 hours and what apps she was using.
Will my phone get the ColorOS 12 update?
Looking at the official list shown in the image above, it seems that a lot of Oppo phones are waiting for the new ColorOS 12 update, whether this year during November and December or next year, as the company focuses on sending the update to older or mid-range phones.
