Within a span of two days this week, we got the launch dates of new iPhones and Google’s Pixel 8 series phones. Today, OnePlus also made a major announcement, albeit one that has little to do with hardware — or its highly anticipated foldable phone.
It is still a remarkable one, however. OnePlus will release Android 14-based OxygenOS 14 on September 25. That also means the stable build of
OnePlus will finally start public testing of
However, OnePlus won’t be the only brand soak-testing
What’s new in OxygenOS 14
OnePlus hasn’t detailed all the granular changes that are in the pipeline for OxygenOS 14, but the focus seems to be on achieving high performance without sacrificing energy efficiency. To that end, OnePlus is introducing what it calls the “Trinity Engine,” a proprietary fusion of hardware and software resources.
Broadly, the company has listed six areas of improvement without any official explanation. Those include CPU Vitalization,
If one were to take an educated guess, based on similar terminology used by other brands,
Then we have HyperRendering, which most likely tries to enhance the visual experience, a trick that multiple brands tout for improving scenarios like gaming and watching videos. While the focus on enhancing performance all across the board is promising, what I really hope to see is how OnePlus adapts the
Where’s the OnePlus Open?
So far, we have seen that
Purported renders of the OnePlus Fold — aka the OnePlus Open — show a device with a form factor inspired by the Google Pixel Fold and the Oppo Find N2. There’s a signature circular camera hump at the back and what looks like a leather finish on the rear panel. The phone should still be launching before 2023 is up, but it appears to be totally absent from the September 25 launch of OxygenOS 14.
I’ll be experimenting with