OnePlus began rolling out the OxygenOS 13 software with the OnePlus 10 Pro getting a piece of the cake first. The first OnePlus 10 Pro Android 13-based OxygenOS 13 open beta was accompanied by a lot of fixes and interesting features. However, the brand is rolling out the OnePlus 10 Pro Android 13-based OxygenOS 13 open beta 2 with even more features.
Some of the highlight features of the update are the new Aquamorphic design, new UI, and new animations among others. Let’s take a look at the full features of the OnePlus 10 Pro Android 13-based OxygenOS 13 open beta 2
OnePlus 10 Pro Android 13-based OxygenOS 13 open beta 2 features
The OnePlus 10 Pro Android 13-based OxygenOS 13 open beta 2 includes enhancements in all sections of the handset ranging from seamless interconnection to efficiency to personalization and many more. Here is a preview:
Aquamorphic Design
- Adds Aquamorphic Design theme colors for enhanced visual comfort.
- Applies the Aquamorphic Design philosophy to animations to make them natural and vivid.
- Adds a Home screen world clock widget to show the time in different time zones.
- Upgrades to Quantum Animation Engine 4.0, with a new behavior recognition feature, which recognizes complex gestures and provides optimized interactions.
- Applies real-world physical motions to animations to make them look more natural and intuitive.
- Optimizes fonts for better readability.
- Enriches and optimizes illustrations for features by incorporating multicultural and inclusive elements.
Efficiency
- Adds Meeting Assistant to enhance the meeting connection and introduces an option to make notifications more subtle and less distracting.
- Adds large folders to the Home screen. You can now open an app in an enlarged folder with just one tap and turn pages in the folder with a swipe.
- Adds media playback control, and optimizes the Quick Settings experience.
- Adds more markup tools for screenshot editing.
- Optimizes Shelf. Swiping down on the Home screen will bring up the Shelf by default. You can search content online and on your device.
Seamless interconnection
- Optimizes earphone connectivity to deliver a more seamless experience.
Personalization
- Optimizes Bitmoji to offer more Always-On Display animations.
- Optimizes Insight Always-On Display, with more personalized Always-On Display settings available.
- Optimizes Canvas Always-On Display, with more drawing tools and line colors available.
Security & privacy
- Adds an automatic pixelation feature for screenshots of chats. The system can identify and automatically pixelate profile pictures and display names in a chat screenshot to protect your privacy.
- Adds regular clearing of clipboard data for privacy protection.
- Optimizes Private Safe. The Advanced Encryption Standard (AES) is used to encrypt all files for enhanced security of private files.
Health & Digital wellbeing
- Adds Kid Space, providing screen time limit, ambient light reminders, and Eye-protecting display features.
Performance optimization
- Adds Dynamic Computing Engine to improve the system speed, stability, battery life, and app experience.
- Optimizes Dolby Sound effects with enhanced spatial sound field perception and more accurate sound sourcing.
Gaming experience
- Upgrades to HyperBoost GPA 4.0 to stabilize the frame rate and balance the performance and power consumption in key scenarios.
System
- Improves system stability for some scenarios.
- Fixes an issue where icons would sometimes overlap in Quick Settings.
- Fixes an issue where a panel might be automatically pulled down from the status bar in some cases.
- Fixes an issue that might cause auto brightness to respond slowly.
- Fixes an occasional flicker issue that might occur when your device screen is turned off or on.
- Fixes an issue where the Quick Settings background might appear transparent.
- Fixes an issue where you might be unable to wake your screen by double-tapping it in Guest mode.
- Fixes an issue where your screen might be slow to wake when the Power button is pressed.
- Fixes an issue where the “Other” category might take up a huge portion of your device storage.
Camera
- Fixes an issue where the Camera would lag.
Sadly, the OnePlus 10 Pro Android 13-based OxygenOS 13 open beta 2 still has some issues present in the software and the brand has taken note of them. Here are the issues you might encounter while on this update:
- RCC cannot work normally in this build. (Re-logging may resolve the problem.)
- The carrier version (Zain) in Kuwait is unable to send MMS.
- The carrier version (Telecom) in North Macedonia is unable to send IMS.
- There is no response when clicking Capture log after switching Multiple users/System cloner/Languages. (You need to switch Multiple users/System cloner/Languages first before capturing the log in the feedback tool).
- A dot will display abnormally when pairing Bluetooth.
- The photos might be blurred when taking multiple pictures of people with Ultra Dark mode and zoom out at the same time.
- The screen will freeze when taking videos in specific scenarios.
- The pictures might be black when taking photos in the dark with Night mode. (You may solve the issue by clearing the camera’s data.)
- A dot displays abnormally in the status bar
You can access the OnePlus 10 Pro Android 13-based OxygenOS 13 open beta 2 via the link at the end of this article but there’s a catch. You have to be on the latest OxygenOS 12. Should the update not sit well with you, you can revert to OxygenOS 12.