OnePlus has introduced its new OxygenOS 16 superstructure. It is built on Android 16 and is expected to arrive on the first 19 mobile phones and tablets in October or early November. The superstructure was officially introduced on October 16 and at first glance attracted many new features. And many people were also interested in something else - according to OnePlus, OxygenOS 16 is much faster than One UI 8. But it's not true.
Samsung is Android 16 also modifies it in his own way and thanks to this a superstructure was created One UI 8, which is gradually spreading to all supported mobiles. And since Google has already released the quarterly update of Android 16, Samsung developers are working on the next version, which should be One UI 8.5. It should be released early next year along with the series Galaxy S26.
However, other mobile phone manufacturers also modify Android 16 in various ways with the help of their own extensions. And these include OnePlus. Now introduced OxygenOS 16 and already teased interesting AI features. Event for the show was broadcast online and looked very tempting. Model owners OnePlus 13, OnePlus 12, OnePlus 11 or OnePlus Nord 3 have something to look forward to. And the first wave of stable version expansion will take place soon.
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But OnePlus has earned international embarrassment for its pursuit of uniqueness. It has tried to prove that its OxygenOS 16 is faster than One UI from Samsung. Technology improvements Parallel Processing namely, it is supposed to speed up launching and switching applications. And in the demo, it was directly compared to the switching speed in One UI 8. OxygenOS 16 came out a winner. But only until it was revealed that OnePlus was cheating.
User uyagoda_ on the Threads platform pointed out that even though it seemed to be Samsung Galaxy got stuck loading the game while OnePlus continued on briskly, the "lag" was actually caused by user error. He tapped where the home button would normally be, but it didn't show up because the game was on. So it was just a clever trick, not a bug One UI.
You can see everything for yourself in the video, namely approximately at 19:27While OnePlus cannot deny that its OxygenOS 16 is a really fast and successful upgrade, this type of comparison is Samsung It wasn't necessary. It just embarrassed him unnecessarily.
