OxygenOS 9.5 to Come With Zen Mode, Deeper Lens Integration and More

OxygenOS is undoubtedly ane of the better Android forks out at that place and OnePlus does an first-class chore of keeping information technology updated with new features, security updates and Android builds. Today, OnePlus announced some new features that would be making their style to the OnePlus vii and OnePlus 7 Pro via OxygenOS 9.5. Permit's accept a look at some of them.

Zen Manner

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OxygenOS ix.v will come with what OnePlus calls 'Zen Mode'. OEMs have been scrambling to implement some form of 'anti-addictive' measures in their devices e'er since Google debuted Digital Wellbeing with Android Pie. Information technology has all the standard features such as Current of air Downwards, Grayscale and an infographic that shows you how long yous used apps. The only notable difference between Zen Fashion and Digital Wellbeing is that it can't be stopped once you initiate it. Information technology too 'bricks' the device by non letting you receive notifications and open apps. You can all the same brand phone calls and access the photographic camera, though. Information technology may seem a picayune farthermost, simply information technology may exist the virtually constructive way of deterring people from looking at their phone.

Fnatic Mode

For reasons best known only to them, OnePlus decided to rebrand their "gaming mode" as "Fnatic style". For those non in the know, Fnatic is a professional esports team that has players across several platforms, including PUBG Mobile. Fnatic Mode substantially tunes your phone for maximum performance and sets the 'mood' for an intense gaming session by muting notifications, incoming calls and massively limiting groundwork data.

There's even a "Display enhancement" toggle that will boost the overall brightness of the panel and heighten the details of the "lite and dark parts of the gaming brandish." Coupled with the 90Hz 'fluid' AMOLED HDR10+-ready panel, it'll be interesting to see how titles such every bit Fortnite perform on the OnePlus vii.

'Better' Screen Recorder

OxygenOS 9.v is getting a native screen recorder that will let you tape video and sound playing on your device and even record external audio via the microphone. You can record at the panel's default resolution of 1440p or scale information technology downward if yous want to salvage some retention. You tin can also adjust the bit rate of the recording between 20Mbps to 1Mbps. There'due south besides the option to change orientation, show on-screen touches, and automatically pause recording when the screen is off.

There are also a slew of other features such as in-built spam protection (Republic of india just for now), deeper Google Lens integration and more. It is currently only available for OnePlus 7 and OnePlus 7 Pro users, merely should observe its way to older devices in the coming weeks.