The OxygenOS 13 Open Beta 1 (OBT1) for Android 13 has begun rolling out to OnePlus 10 Pro smartphone models in India and North America, the firm has announced. The beta will soon be made available for European nations, according to OnePlus. Not all of OxygenOS 13's features, which will be included in later updates, are present in the update. At the OnePlus 10T launch event last week in New York City, OxygenOS 13 was also introduced. The new "Aquamorphic" design is a feature of the OxygenOS.
The OxygenOS 13 OBT1 is currently available in India and North America, and it will soon be available in Europe due to certain technical issues, according to a blog on the OnePlus community page. slightly different features in the region. Those who wish to have a taste of the upcoming feature of the newly-launched operating system will have to update their OnePlus 10 Pro smartphones to the latest OxygenOS 12 version (A.15). It is to be noted that since it is a beta update, it is expected to offer potential risks and unexpected behaviour on the handsets.
Users of the OnePlus 10 Pro may encounter a few of the issues listed by OnePlus. These problems include a lack of response when pressing the Capture Log button after switching between multiple users, a system cloner, and languages, blurry images when taking several pictures of the same subject in Ultra Dark mode while zooming out simultaneously, screen freezing when recording videos in particular circumstances, and camera freezing, among others.
According to the changelog, the OnePlus 10 Pro will receive improvements in the form of Quantum Animation Engine 4.0, which includes a new behaviour recognition function, real-world physical motions in animations, and optimised fonts with the recently released OxygenOS 13. The phone will feature huge folders on the Home screen where users may open an app and turn pages as part of efficiency-related changes.in the folder with a swipe. There is an optimised Quick Settings experience, more markup tools for screenshot editing, among others.
The actual changelog list for the OnePlus 10 Pro OxygenOS 13 beta 1 update is quite long. Other upgrades are related to connectivity, personalisation, security & privacy, health & digital wellbeing, performance optimisation, and gaming experience. If you wish to install the open beta to your handset, you must upgrade to the latest stable build, make sure the battery level is above 30 percent, and have a minimum of 4GB of storage. OnePlus says that Carrier version devices aren't compatible with the Open beta builds.
If you are using the India variant of the OnePlus 10 Pro, you can follow the following steps to install and use the beta software.
- Download the latest ROM upgrade zip package available on the blog
- Copy the upgrade package to the phone storage
- Go to Settings > About device > Version > Click Build number 7 times and enter the password, now you are in the developer mode
- Go back to Settings > About device > Up to date > Click the top right button > Local install > Click on the corresponding installation package > Extract > Upgrade
- After the upgrade is complete, click Restart
OnePlus is also giving an option and downgrade package for those who want to rollback to Android 12 stable version after using the beta 1.
