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OnePlus has announced OxygenOS 16, which is Android 16, with upgrades to its Mind Space AI tool including full integration with Google Gemini. Other updates include new lock screen customizations, improved connectivity options, and design tweaks throughout.
The mind space is where the biggest changes are made. When it launched in JuneMind Space only allows you to save screenshots, which the AI will then analyze to extract information or create calendar entries. You can now also save longer screenshots, pass them to the AI locker, and record 60-second voice memos to add more information for the AI to work with.
More importantly, OnePlus worked with Google to integrate Gemini AI Assistant, which is capable of handling tasks based on information in Mind Space. Save lots of screenshots of hotels, flight options, and attractions for a vacation, for example, and you can ask Gemini to create an itinerary based specifically on what you’ve saved.
Other changes in OxygenOS 16 include significantly more flexible lock screen customizations that mirror Apple’s additions 2022 iOS 16. Connectivity to other products has been improved, too: you can now tap to share photos between your OnePlus and iPhone, connect to your Apple Watch to sync essential notifications, and remotely control both Macs and now Windows PCs, all through the O Plus Connect app.
All that, plus the promise of smoother performance, more fluid animations, and a glowing “optical light” effect in some UI elements that bear a passing resemblance to Apple’s Liquid Glass. Most of the changes seen in OxygenOS are shared by Oppo’s ColorOS 16, on which it is based, which was also fully revealed today alongside Find flagship X9 phones.
OxygenOS 16 enters open beta tomorrow, October 17, and will officially debut with the upcoming release OnePlus 15 Before launching it on older devices.