OxygenOS 13 Open Beta 2 rolled out for the OnePlus 8, 8 Pro and 8T

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 Shadow-Reflective Clock, with shadow simulating the orientation of the sun and moon.

 • Upgrades to Quantum Animation Engine 4.0, with a new behavior recognition feature, which recognizes complex gestures and provides optimized interactions.

 • Optimizes UI layers for a clearer and neater visual experience.

 •  Applies real-world physical motions to animations to make them look more natural and intuitive.

 • Adapts responsive layouts to accommodate different screen sizes to improve readability.

 • Optimizes the widget design to make information easier and quicker to find.

 • Optimizes fonts for better readability.

 • Optimizes system icons by using the latest color scheme to make the icons easier to recognize.

 • Enriches and optimizes illustrations for features by incorporating multicultural and inclusive elements.

Efficiency

 • Adds Meeting Assistant to enhance the meeting connecting and note-taking experience 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.

 • Upgrades Doodle in Notes. You can now draw on graphics to take notes more efficiently.

 • Optimizes Shelf. Swiping down on the Home screen will bring up 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.

• Adds Omoji to let you fully express yourself with customized avatars

 • 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 chat screenshots. 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.

Gaming experience

 • Upgrades to HyperBoost GPA 4.0 to stabilize the frame rate and balance the performance and power consumption in key scenarios.

 • Optimizes the pre-launch capabilities of Quick startup to load games faster.

  System

 • Improves system stability.

 • Extends the battery life in some scenarios.

 • Fixes a display issue with the charging animation on the Lock screen.

 • Fixes a display issue with the Screen-off gestures in Settings.

 • Integrates the October 2022 Android security patch to enhance system security.