OxygenOS 13 Open Beta Update Released For OnePlus 8, OnePlus 8 Pro, OnePlus 8T; Here’s What’s New

Last Updated on October 17, 2022 by Anu Joy

A few days back, OnePlus released the Android 13-based OxygenOS 13 Open beta update for the OnePlus 9RT smartphone in India. Today, the brand is expanding the OxygenOS 13 Open beta program for more devices. The company in a recent development has started rolling out the OxygenOS 13 Open beta update for the OnePlus 8 series and the OnePlus 8T. The brand took to its community forum to confirm the release of the Android 13-based OxygenOS 13 Open beta for the OnePlus 8, OnePlus 8 Pro, and the OnePlus 8T.

OxygenOS 13 Open Beta Update Available For OnePlus 8, OnePlus 8 Pro, OnePlus 8T

Speaking about the changes, the new OxygenOS 13 Open beta update for the OnePlus 8 series and the OnePlus 8T brings in support for Airtel 5G and a host of new OxygenOS 13 features. The update adds aquamorphic design theme colors for enhanced visual comfort, Meeting assistant, media playback control, an automatic pixelation feature for chat screenshots, Kids Space, and much more. Furthermore, the update also brings optimizations to Canvas Always-On Display, Bitmoji, earphone connectivity, and Doodle in Notes. Here’s the complete changelog of the new software release:

OnePlus 8, OnePlus 8 Pro, OnePlus 8T OxygenOS 13 Open Beta Update Changelog

Aquamorphic Design

 • Adds Aquamorphic Design theme colors for enhanced visual comfort.

 • Applies the Aquamorphic Design philosophy to animations to make them natural and vivid.

 • Adds Shadow-Reflective Clock, with shadow simulating the orientation of the sun and moon.

 • Upgrades to Quantum Animation Engine 4.0, with a new behavior recognition feature, which recognizes complex gestures and provides optimized interactions.

 • Optimizes UI layers for a clearer and neater visual experience.

 • Applies real-world physical motions to animations to make them look more natural and intuitive.

 • Adapts responsive layouts to accommodate different screen sizes to improve readability.

 • Optimizes the widget design to make information easier and quicker to find.

 • Optimizes fonts for better readability.

 • Optimizes system icons by using the latest color scheme to make the icons easier to recognize.

 • Enriches and optimizes illustrations for features by incorporating multicultural and inclusive elements.

Efficiency

 • Adds Meeting Assistant to enhance the meeting connecting and note-taking experience and introduces an option to make notifications more subtle and less distracting.

 • Adds large folders to the Home screen. You can now open an app in an enlarged folder with just one tap and turn pages in the folder with a swipe.

 • Adds media playback control, and optimizes the Quick Settings experience.

 • Adds more markup tools for screenshot editing.

 • Upgrades Doodle in Notes. You can now draw on graphics to take notes more efficiently.

 • Optimizes Shelf. Swiping down on the Home screen will bring up Shelf by default. You can search content online and on your device.

Seamless interconnection

 • Optimizes earphone connectivity to deliver a more seamless experience.

Personalization

 • Optimizes Bitmoji to offer more Always-On Display animations.

 • Adds Omoji to let you fully express yourself with customized avatars.

 • Optimizes Insight Always-On Display, with more personalized Always-On Display settings available.

 • Optimizes Canvas Always-On Display, with more drawing tools and line colors available.

Security & privacy

 • Adds an automatic pixelation feature for chat screenshots. The system can identify and automatically pixelate profile pictures and display names in a chat screenshot to protect your privacy.

 • Adds regular clearing of clipboard data for privacy protection.

 • Optimizes Private Safe. The Advanced Encryption Standard (AES) is used to encrypt all files for enhanced security of private files.

Health & Digital wellbeing

 • Adds Kid Space, providing screen time limit, ambient light reminders, and Eye-protecting display features.

Gaming experience

 • Upgrades to HyperBoost GPA 4.0 to stabilize the frame rate and balance the performance and power consumption in key scenarios.

 • Optimizes the pre-launch capabilities of Quick startup to load games faster.

If you are planning to update your device to the latest OxygenOS 13 software version, make sure that your smartphone is currently running OxygenOS 12 (C.35) software version, over 30% charge, and a minimum of 5.5GB of storage space. Also, note that as this is a beta build, so it might contain some bugs. Now that the beta software has been released by the company, we can expect the stable OxygenOS 13 stable update to be released for the OnePlus 8 and the OnePlus 8T in the coming weeks.