# ColorOS

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Android-based mobile operating system by Oppo

Operating system

ColorOS Logo used since 2020 ColorOS 16 home screen Developer Oppo OS family Android Working state Current Initial release September 23, 2013; 12 years ago (2013-09-23) Latest release 16.1 / 10 May 2026; 47 days ago (2026-05-10) Latest preview 16.1 / 21 April 2026; 2 months ago (2026-04-21) Available in 67[1] languages List of languages Global: English and others Català – Catalan Čeština – Czech Dansk – Danish Deutsch (Deutschland) – German (Germany) Deutsch (Schweiz) – German (Switzerland) English (Australia) – English (Australia) English (Ireland) – English (Ireland) English (New Zealand) – English (New Zealand) English (United Kingdom) – English (United Kingdom) English (United States) – English (United States) Español (España) – Spanish (Spain) Español (México) – Spanish (Mexico) Euskara – Basque Filipino – Filipino Français – French Galego – Galician Hrvatski – Croatian Indonesia – Indonesian Italiano – Italian Kiswahili - Swahili Magyar – Hungarian Melayu – Malay Nederlands – Dutch Norsk bokmål – Norwegian Bokmål O‘zbek – Uzbek (Latin) Polski (Polska) – Polish (Poland) Português (Brasil) – Portuguese (Brazil) Português (Portugal) – Portuguese (Portugal) Română – Romanian Slovenčina – Slovak Slovenščina – Slovenian Suomi – Finnish Svenska – Swedish Tiếng Việt – Vietnamese Türkçe – Turkish Ελληνικά – Greek Български – Bulgarian Қазақ тілі – Kazakh Русский – Russian Українська – Ukrainian עברית – Hebrew اردو – Urdu العربية – Arabic नेपाली – Nepali मराठी – Marathi हिन्दी – Hindi অসমীয়া – Assamese বাংলা (বাংলাদেশ) – Bangla ਪੰਜਾਬੀ – Punjabi ગુજરાતી – Gujarati ଓଡ଼ିଆ – Odia தமிழ் – Tamil తెలుగు – Telugu ಕನ್ನಡ – Kannada മലയാളം – Malayalam සිංහල – Sinhala ไทย – Thai བོད་སྐད་ – Tibetan ລາວ – Lao မြန်မာ (Unicode) – Burmese (Unicode) ဗမာ (Zawgyi) – Burmese (Zawgyi) ខ្មែរ – Khmer 한국어 – Korean 日本語 – Japanese 简体中文 – Simplified Chinese 繁體中文 – Traditional Chinese 繁體中文 (香港) – Traditional Chinese (Hong Kong) License Proprietary Official website ColorOS 16

**ColorOS** is a [user interface](/source/User_interface) created by [Oppo](/source/Oppo) based on the [Android Open Source Project](/source/Android_Open_Source_Project). Initially, [Realme](/source/Realme) phones used ColorOS until it was replaced by [Realme UI](/source/Realme_UI) in 2020. Realme UI uses some of ColorOS's apps.[2] Starting from the [OnePlus 9 series](/source/OnePlus_9), [OnePlus](/source/OnePlus) will preinstall ColorOS on all smartphones that are sold in mainland [China](/source/China) instead of [HydrogenOS](/source/HydrogenOS) (Chinese version of [OxygenOS](/source/OxygenOS)).[3]

## History

The first version of ColorOS was launched in September 2013. Oppo had released plenty of Android smartphones before then. It was not stock Android, but Oppo did not label it as ColorOS. Over the years, Oppo launched new official versions of the operating system. Major version 4 was skipped due to the [superstitious nature of the number](/source/Tetraphobia). To make things less confusing, in 2020 the company revealed that it would adopt the same numbering scheme as mainline Android, and as such, ColorOS jumped from ColorOS 7 to ColorOS 11 with the launch of Android 11.

It was announced that ColorOS, OnePlus' Oxygen OS, and Realme's Realme UI will merge to form a single Android skin that will appear on all OnePlus, Oppo and Realme phones.[4] However these plans were cancelled as the three UI's are being developed on the same codebase, but they are separate.[5]

## Version history

Overview of ColorOS versions Version Initial release date Latest version Latest release date Android version(s) ColorOS 1 September 23, 2013 Unsupported: 1.4.3i August 11, 2014 Android 4.1 – 4.3 ColorOS 2 October 20, 2014 Unsupported: 2.1.5i October 31, 2015 Android 4.4 – 5.1 ColorOS 3 March 17, 2016 Unsupported: 3.2 October 26, 2017 Android 5.1 – 7.1.1 ColorOS 5 March 26, 2018 Unsupported: 5.2.1 October 16, 2018 Android 7.1.1 - 8.1 ColorOS 6 March 17, 2019[6] Unsupported: 6.1.2 December 20, 2019 Android 9 Unsupported: 6.7 November 6, 2019 Android 10 ColorOS 7 November 26, 2019 Unsupported: 7.2 June 5, 2020 ColorOS 11 September 14, 2020 Unsupported: 11.3 May 27, 2021 Android 11 ColorOS 12 September 16, 2021 Unsupported: 12.1 February 24, 2022 Android 11 – 12 ColorOS 13 September 19, 2022 Unsupported: 13.2 September 29, 2023 Android 13 ColorOS 14 November 16, 2023[7] Supported: 14.1 May 23, 2024 Android 14 ColorOS 15 October 17, 2024[8] Supported: 15.0.2 May 23, 2025 Android 15 ColorOS 16 October 28, 2025[9] Latest version: 16.1 May 10, 2026 Android 16 Legend: Unsupported Supported Latest version Preview version Future version

## See also

- [Oppo](/source/Oppo)

- [Oppo phones](/source/Oppo_phones)

## Further reading

- [How OPPO's ColorOS 13 Pushes the Trend of Android Customization](https://www.xda-developers.com/coloros11-customization/)

## References

1. **[^](#cite_ref-1)** ["ColorOS 12"](https://www.oppo.com/en/coloros12/). *OPPO Global*. Retrieved 11 May 2024.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-2)** Yordan. ["Realme UI officially detailed: simplified design, new features"](https://www.gsmarena.com/realme_ui_is_official_with_simplified_design-news-41000.php). *GSMArena.com*. Retrieved 2022-04-13.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-3)** Yordan. ["OnePlus 9 series to arrive with ColorOS 11 in China, global units will stick to OxygenOS"](https://www.gsmarena.com/oneplus_9_series_to_arrive_with_coloros_11_in_china_global_units_will_stick_to_oxygenos-news-48307.php). *GSMArena.com*. Retrieved 2021-07-15.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-4)** ["Color OS guide: Everything you need to know about Oppo's Android skin"](https://www.androidauthority.com/oppo-color-os-guide-3033776/). *Android Authority*. 2022-05-01. Retrieved 2022-05-07.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-5)** ["OnePlus is ditching UnifiedOS plans, will continue to offer OxygenOS on phones"](https://www.indiatoday.in/technology/news/story/oneplus-is-ditching-unifiedos-plans-will-continue-to-offer-oxygenos-on-phones-1919216-2022-03-01). *India Today*. March 2022. Retrieved 2024-02-10.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-6)** ["Oppo announces bright ColorOS 6.0 with machine learning and new font"](https://www.gsmarena.com/oppo_announces_bright_coloros_60_with_machine_learning_and_new_font-news-34357.php). *GSMArena.com*. Retrieved 2018-11-29.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-7)** Sudarshan (9 Oct 2023). ["Oppo announces ColorOS 14 launch date and beta schedule for older flagships and mid-rangers"](https://www.gizmochina.com/2023/10/09/coloros-14-launch-date/). *Gizmochina*. Retrieved 15 Nov 2023.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-8)** Michail. ["Oppo announces ColorOS 15 with new design language, focus on AI"](https://www.gsmarena.com/oppo_announces_coloros_15_with_new_design_language_focus_on_ai-news-64966.php). *GSMArena.com*. Retrieved 2024-11-13.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-9)** ["Find X9 series and ColorOS 16 Global Launch"](https://www.oppo.com/en/events/find-x9-series-launch/). *OPPO*. Retrieved 2025-10-28.

## External links

- ["Official Website"](https://www.oppo.com/en/coloros16/).

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