OxygenOS 13 Open Beta Hands On: This is what official Android 13 looks like on OnePlus smartphones - XDA Developers

Well, the update that’s supposed to deliver a “familiar OxygenOS experience” is finally here as a part of the company’s Open Beta initiative.

That’s right, I’ve sideloaded the OxygenOS 13 Open Beta based on Android 13 on a OnePlus 10 Pro, and here are some of the first things I’ve noticed:.

Google’s new and improved color palette can now be seen running in full effect on the OxygenOS 13 build.

Scrolling all the to the top or the bottom inside the OnePlus Shelf, for instance, now triggers haptic feedback, something which is not currently available on the OnePlus 10T running OxygenOS 12.

Here’s the clock app as seen on OxygenOS 12, OxygenOS 13, and ColorOS 12.1 side-by-side.

I’ve also added a screenshot of the quick setting below that to show how the quick setting icons on OxygenOS 13 look like the ones on ColorOS 12.

You also get some thoughtful additions with OxygenOS 13, like the enlarged folder view that lets you open an app in an enlarged folder with just one tap instead of having to enter the folder itself.

These features are missing from the previous software and the phone didn’t let me grab a screenshot within this page on the OnePlus 10T running the stable OxygenOS 12.

While OnePlus noted that it’ll walk back on some of the changes introduced with ColorOS, the OxygenOS 13 still uses ColorOS as the foundation.

The new software is seasoned with a lot of ColorOS features, many of which you may or may not like depending on your preference.

However, it’s not the “familiar OxygenOS experience ” OnePlus promised us a few months back.

The ColorOS – OxygenOS merger is still very much in effect and there’s probably no going back to the OxygenOS experience that propelled OnePlus into the mainstream.

OnePlus’ OxygenOS is really just ColorOS with a different name now.

OnePlus' OxygenOS is really just ColorOS with a different name now!

But, like me, if you don’t mind using ColorOS for all its features, then there’s plenty to look forward to?

This version of OxygenOS 13, of course, isn’t the final build and there’s a lot of room for OnePlus to improve and bring changes to differentiate its software from Oppo’s ColorOS before it starts rolling out.

Well, those were some of the new features and changes I was able to spot during my brief time with the OxygenOS 13 beta build

I’d like to mention that a lot of new OxygenOS 13 features mentioned at the launch, including the Spotify integration with AOD, and India-specific Swiggy/Zomato integration with AOD are still missing

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