New Features Coming Soon to OnePlus device OxygenOS

INTRO: OnePlus has confirmed five new adopted features from the community that will be making their way to OxygenOS. As you might be already aware, Always-on Display (AOD) is one of them.

New Features to OxygenOS 

The announcement was made officially on OnePlus Forums by global community manager Trista W. In the official post, she announced the features that are currently included in OxygenOS’ roadmap, and she also revealed the ideas that got rejected and won’t be part of OxygenOS in the near future.

For everyone waiting for Always-on Display on OnePlus phones, the key takeaway is that the development will be finished around June and the feature will enter closed/open beta testing sometime in August or September. OnePlus previously announced that the feature passed its initial battery power consumption tests. Below is the list of all adopted features:

1. Always on Display – the development to be finished around June, CBT/OBT coming in Aug/Sep [subject to changes, there are various factors working]
2. Enabled fingerprint lock for the hidden pictures in gallery – included in the roadmap
3. Users can Play sound when the battery is fully charged – included in the roadmap
4. The Folders within the app drawer  -included in the roadmap
5. Adding more essential features to the  Zen Mode – which will be included in the roadmap

Rejected Features for the Device

As I mentioned earlier, the company has also listed the features that it thinks are not the highest priority at this moment, which includes a potential Samsung Dex alternative. According to the reports, the other rejected features were as mentioned below.

1. Edge notification light
2. OnePlus Dex
3. Call recording
4. Google message for the stock SMS/RCS app
5. Study mode
6. API support for Gcam
7. Improve the adaptive brightness
8. Custom fingerprint animations
9. Real-time weather wallpaper
10. Real One Hand Mode
11. AMOLED dark
12. Boost capabilities of the alert slider
13. option to set battery charging limit to 80%
14. Variable charging speed
15. Feature to Allow the users to choose which stock apps to install during set-up

OnePlus has not revealed the exact timeline for all the accepted features but we could expect them to be added gradually in the upcoming beta updates, followed by integration in the stable version of Oxygen OS.