This is OxygenOS the Android OnePlus – Bright

OxygenOS, the new Android version of OnePlus, lets see where Google’s Android still can be improved.

The launch of its own Android version is a bold move by the Chinese startup OnePlus. The cheap smartphone One, we simply find top at Bright was so attractive by CyanogenMod, the popular alternative Android version. CyanogenMod However, the coming years will pull from Google and has many companies sought to confront this, including with OnePlus. To prepare themselves for the already split with CyanogenMod, OnePlus has now released its own Android version. And that bodes well.

No bloatware

Although OnePlus does a little pathetic with the name of the software – “oxygen we all need and is always around us, like OxygenOS” – the software is a significant step in the right direction. OxygenOS is in fact largely Vanilla Android, the Android version that comes with Nexus devices and according to the experts the best version of Google’s mobile operating system. So OxygenOS has the same appearance, no bloatware, and some functions where Google has a lot to learn.

The coolest feature of OxygenOS is undoubtedly the ability to customize the shortcuts in the settings panel. So you can add buttons, delete and change the order. Since Jellybean Android users have been asking for the ability to customize the shortcuts, but Google still has not made it to this day. In addition, a handy file manager on site, which you through the folders on your smartphone can browse

Furthermore, it is in OxygenOS possible to use the buttons on the bottom of the OnePlus, or even to turn on the software buttons. The latter I find nicer and nicer, and it’s nice that OnePlus gives users the choice. There is also the ability to turn on a special charging mode for charging faster One, and to draw on the lock screen to perform actions figures. When the sweep of a V, the flash unit is activated, for example, at the rear. So you always have a flashlight with you. When O starts the camera directly to

App guru Bart Breij notes via Twitter rightly that there is one big drawback to the switch to CyanogenMod OxygenOS.: beside you many customization options fog is also fine Privacy Guard disappeared. This service allows you to set an app which rights get it, leaving you in control of your device. It is unclear whether OnePlus will integrate a similar service in OxygenOS.