Oppo has revealed the brand new ColorOS consumer interface that’ll deliver Android 13 to its suite of smartphones, and one function particularly has piqued our curiosity.
The up to date customized UI, which is scheduled to hit the Discover X5 and Discover X5 Professional as quickly as this month, has a brand new ‘Pixelate’ function to guard sure data when screenshooting messages.
The function, which is considerably just like one introduced by WhatsApp final week, can routinely blur out a reputation and profile image if you take the screenshot, whereas customers can even manually blur the content material of explicit messages.
It’s preferrred in the event you solely wish to share sure data from a chat, however hold the remaining non-public. It appears like one thing Apple and Google ought to think about integrating inside their very own messaging apps.
Out of the gate, Oppo says that it’s solely relevant to Meta’s WhatsApp and Messenger apps, however there’s no cause why it couldn’t work with the opposite messaging apps in time.
In addition to the entire options inside Android 13, Oppo’s ColorOS 13 contains plenty of always-on show skins for the brand new 1Hz setting that saves 20% of energy in comparison with ColorOS 12.
One among which is an Perception show, which exhibits how lengthy you’ve spent in your cellphone and what number of occasions you’ve unlocked it all through the day (through Tech Advisor). There’s additionally a widget for Spotify providing entry to playback controls and recently-played content material. Visually, the change is highlighted by the brand new Aquamorphic Design providing water-inspired components.
Oppo has promised ColorOS 13 (and certainly Android 13) will come to 33 gadgets within the firm’s Discover and Reno suite of gadgets earlier than the 12 months is over.
