Vivo hosted its developer conference yesterday and unveiled the latest OriginOS 7 operating system. As scheduled, OPPO has now hosted its own developer conference and introduced the Android 17-based ColorOS 17 operating system.
Since OPPO had already confirmed that Realme UI is being discontinued, eligible Realme smartphones will receive ColorOS 17 instead of the expected Realme UI 8 update.
Here’s more about the newly unveiled operating system.
ColorOS 17 – Features and Rollout Schedule
ColorOS 17 introduces a new Fluid Design with luminous visual effects, fluid animations, Polar Light Engine, and responsive feedback. Speaking more about the Polar Light Engine, Oppo claims that this can reduce application start-up and runtime memory usage by 25%, while lowering the rendering workload by 30%.
ColorOS 17 – Features
The new Tidal Engine offers personalised resource scheduling and is claimed to improve background application retention stability by 55.6%. OPPO also claims a 50% improvement in third-party application scrolling and loading speeds, 30% faster mini-program start-up speeds, and a 15% improvement in application-switching speeds. Additionally, the brand promises up to six years of smooth performance across supported devices.
On the AI photography side, ColorOS 17 introduces a new AI Photo Editor for one-stop natural photo editing, which can remove unwanted background objects, reduce motion blur, and adjust image colours and tones. Native 2K ProXDR imaging support has also been offered.
Reference Image Replication allows users to apply the visual style of a reference image to another picture. Furthermore, the Da Vinci Visual Understanding Model uses six specialised models covering light and shadow, image quality, composition, colour, portraits, and image elements.
AI Notes has also been redesigned as it offers an information overview with one-tap sharing, along with ‘Inspiration Moment’ cards for rediscovering saved ideas. Additionally, it now supports simultaneous audio recording, note-taking, and photography. It offers an information overview with one-tap sharing, along with ‘Inspiration Moment’ cards for rediscovering saved ideas.
OPPO has also introduced the AI Assistant Ball, which weighs 9.8gm and offers up to 24 hours of usage. A short press displays key information, whereas a long press allows users to ask questions and receive proactive results.
It also brings Smart Screen Reading, which can read on-screen content aloud with improved recognition accuracy. Morever, the AI anti-fraud protection uses personalised behaviour modelling to identify potential scams across different usage scenarios.
ColorOS 17 – Features – Rollout
A Care Mode is being offered with the new update, which enables accessibility and safety-related settings with a single tap.
The new-generation Xiaobu AI assistant offers one-stop lifestyle services, whereas Xiaobu Space manages personal tasks and information. Xiaobu Suggestions supports more than 700 service scenarios, and AI Fluid Cloud navigation provides proactive travel reminders.
Xiaobu Call offers airport and high-speed railway pick-up reminders, while Xiaobu Memory remembers content and provides proactive suggestions. An AI one-tap memory feature has also been introduced, along with AI Photo Editor and AI Notes integration.
For cross-device connectivity, ColorOS 17 brings Car+ connectivity with walking-navigation handover, camera connectivity with seamless photo-album transfers, earphone connectivity with AI conversation interpretation, and smartwatch connectivity with FatMax fat-burning mode.
Fluid Cloud information can also be synchronised across supported devices. Users can customise modular watch faces, while exercise information recorded by a smartwatch can appear on connected smartphones and tablets.
Devices Shipping First with ColorOS 17
The upcoming OPPO Find X10 series, OnePlus 16, and OPPO Watch S2 will be the first devices to ship with ColorOS 17.
ColorOS 17 Stable Rollout Schedule for China
From 8th October 2026
OPPO
- OPPO Find N6
- OPPO Find N6 Satellite Communication Edition
- OPPO Find X9 Ultra
- OPPO Find X9 Ultra Satellite Communication Edition
- OPPO Find X9s Pro
- OPPO Find X9 Pro
- OPPO Find X9 Pro Satellite Communication Edition
- OPPO Find X9
OnePlus
- OnePlus 15
- OnePlus 15T
Realme
- Realme GT8 Pro
- Realme GT8 Pro Aston Martin F1 Limited Edition
From 16th October 2026
OPPO
- OPPO Find N5
- OPPO Find N5 Satellite Communication Edition
- OPPO Find X8 Ultra
- OPPO Find X8 Ultra Satellite Communication Edition
- OPPO Find X8s+
- OPPO Find X8s
- OPPO Find X8 Pro
- OPPO Find X8 Pro Satellite Communication Edition
- OPPO Find X8
- OPPO Pad 5 Pro
- OPPO Pad Mini
- OPPO Pad Mini Soft Light Edition
OnePlus
- OnePlus 13
- OnePlus 13T
- OnePlus Pad 3 Pro
Realme
- Realme GT7 Pro
- Realme GT7 Pro Racing Edition
- Realme GT8
- Realme Neo8
From 20th October 2026
OPPO
- OPPO Watch X3
- OPPO Watch X3 Mini
- OnePlus
- OnePlus Ace 6
- OnePlus Ace 6 Supreme Edition
- OnePlus Ace 6T
- OnePlus Ace 6T Genshin Impact Kamisato Ayaka Edition
From 22nd October 2026
- OPPO Reno16 Pro
- OPPO Reno16
From 30th October 2026
- OPPO Watch X2
- OPPO Watch X2 Mini
November 2026
OPPO
- OPPO Find N3
- OPPO Find N3 Collector’s Edition
- OPPO Find N3 Flip
- OPPO Find X7 Ultra
- OPPO Find X7 Ultra Satellite Communication Edition
- OPPO Find X7
- OPPO Reno15 Pro
- OPPO Reno15
- OPPO Reno15c
- OPPO Reno14 Pro
- OPPO Reno14
- OPPO K15 Pro+
- OPPO K15 Pro
- OPPO K15
- OPPO Pad 6
- OPPO Pad 6 Soft Light Edition
- OPPO Pad 5
- OPPO Pad 5 Soft Light Edition
- OPPO Pad 4 Pro
- OPPO Watch S
OnePlus
- OnePlus 12
- OnePlus Ace 5 Pro
- OnePlus Ace 5
- OnePlus Ace 5 Supreme Edition
- OnePlus Ace 5 Racing Edition
- OnePlus Turbo 6
- OnePlus Turbo 6V
- OnePlus Pad 2 Pro
- OnePlus Pad 2
Realme
- Realme GT5 Pro
- Realme GT7
- Realme GT7 Aston Martin F1 Limited Edition
- Realme Neo7
- Realme Neo7 The Outcast Limited Edition
- Realme Neo7 Turbo
- Realme Neo7 SE
- Realme 15 Pro
- Realme 15
- Realme 15T
December 2026
OPPO
- OPPO Find X6 Pro
- OPPO Find X6
- OPPO Reno13 Pro
- OPPO Reno13
- OPPO K13 Turbo Pro
- OPPO K13 Turbo
- OPPO K12s
- OPPO Pad Air5
- OPPO Pad Air5 Soft Light Edition
- OPPO Pad 3 Pro
- OPPO Pad 3
OnePlus
- OnePlus 11
- OnePlus 11 Jupiter Rock Limited Edition
- OnePlus Ace 3 Pro
- OnePlus Ace 3
- OnePlus Ace 3 Genshin Impact Edition
- OnePlus Ace 3V
- OnePlus Turbo 6X Pro
- OnePlus Turbo 6X
- OnePlus Pad Pro
- OnePlus Pad
Realme
- Realme GT6
- Realme GT Neo6
- Realme GT Neo6 SE
- Realme Neo7x
- Realme 14 Pro+
- Realme 14 Pro
- Realme 14
- Realme V70
- Realme V70s
First Quarter of 2027
- OPPO Find N2
- OPPO Find N2 Flip
To note, the above-mentioned ColorOS 17 stable rollout schedule applies to the Chinese market. The global rollout schedule has not yet been revealed by the brand.
Stay tuned for more updates!
