ColorOS 15 May 2025 upgrade plan for China officially released: Check out the new features added to ColorOS 15

By Estuti Bajpai Published on April 30, 2025, 12:39 IST

The ColorOS 15 April 2025 update has been gradually pushed to ColorOS 15 users in China, and the rollout will be completed before May 14. ColorOS has officially revealed its May 2025 upgrade plan for China via the Weibo platform.

ColorOS 15: May 2025 upgrade plan

Changelog for May 2025 upgrade

Silkier and smoother experience

Added notification stacking effect, optimized notification vision and interaction , more beautiful style, smoother operation
Optimize system operation frame rate, improve composite animation performance, and make transitions smoother
Optimize memory allocation strategy to improve application startup and shutdown fluency
Optimize the scheduling strategy and latency of sliding scenarios to improve the smoothness of sliding common applications
Optimize the background running memory of resident processes to improve system fluency
Optimize the monitoring strategy of abnormally high power consumption of background applications, and optimize real-time reminders
Optimize the animation and compatibility of floating windows and split-screen application windows to improve the user experience

Full health AI evolves again

New Xiaobu Memory function, three-finger swipe up to trigger screen flash memory at any time, and store it in the Xiaobu Memory APP; Xiaobu Memory APP supports information analysis summary, and one-click classification into collections according to content, which can efficiently organize massive information and realize one-stop memory management
The newly added Xiaobu Memory Collection function integrates DeepSeek to conduct in-depth Q&A on the memory collection, realizing a Q&A experience based entirely on personalized memory collections; Memory analysis supports the generation of more detailed and complete memory summaries, supports bold, list and other formats, and improves the practicality of summaries
The newly added Xiaobu Memory supports cross-end synchronization of memory content. You only need to log in to your personal account to synchronize memory information to other devices for easy access at any time
The newly added Xiaobu Assistant has been deeply integrated with life services, and intelligent third-party services can be provided during Q&A. For example, you can ask Xiaobu to help you order songs, and music on demand can be accessed with one click, providing a richer and more convenient service experience.
Xiaobu Assistant has upgraded its photo-taking Q&A experience, with a new exercise Q&A function. When you encounter a question you don’t know how to answer, you can easily wake up Xiaobu Assistant with one click to quickly search, organize and analyze the exercise knowledge points and problem-solving ideas. Xiaobu Assistant travel planning experience has been upgraded to support personalized preference settings and generate exclusive travel guides
New Xiaobu Assistant, you can drag and drop text, files, and pictures to the Xiaobu capsule at the bottom of the screen for quick analysis and asking questions
New AI inspiration filming, one-click composition through AI, automatic adjustment of the screen ratio, automatic color adjustment, intelligent filter recommendation, one-click filming
The new AI document supports the mind map function, which can generate mind maps with one click and can also be shared and exported as pictures.
New AI translation application, integrating photo translation, conversation translation, simultaneous interpretation, real-time subtitles and other translations
Function, and supports more language translation, allowing you to translate freely anytime and anywhere
New AI intention search function, supports the use of natural language, through Xiaobu or global search to search for documents, pictures, schedules and other information saved in the phone, and easily find various scattered information on the phone

Super refreshing gaming experience

Added a new game camera function, which can quickly capture screenshots, live screenshots, screen recordings and one-click replays after it is turned on, helping you record the wonderful moments in the game
Added the “Touch and Go” game team-up feature. In the game team-up interface, you can quickly team up by bringing your phone close together.
Added a new silent game start function, which will automatically mute the game when it is turned on to avoid interruptions
Added a new floating window jump function in the game. After it is turned on, some games will open in floating windows by default when jumping to other applications
Optimize the floating window opening and closing performance during games, and improve the smoothness of floating window control
Optimize game loading frame rate, upgrade adaptive frame rate capability, and switch more smoothly
Optimize background tasks during game runtime, reduce unnecessary service load, and reduce game power consumption

More powerful O+ internet

New remote control for Mac computers. After connecting, you can remotely operate the computer screen and remotely access computer files, making temporary office work more convenient
New remote control for Windows computers. After connecting, you can remotely operate the computer screen and remotely access computer files, making temporary office work more convenient
Added the ability to remotely manage Mac computer files, allowing you to search, view, and download files on your Mac in file management apps
New support for mobile phones and Windows computers O+ interconnection, cross-terminal file management, making office work more convenient

More convenient large screen control

Added Xiaobu Assistant to split the screen into three parts with one sentence. For example, to wake up Xiaobu Assistant, say: “Open documents, notes, and photo albums in split screen”, which saves multiple steps and is simple and convenient
Added a global window controller, which supports one-click switching between full screen/split screen/floating window. You can also long-press the controller and drag to switch the window form, making multi-tasking more efficient.
New intelligent split-screen recommendation function. When switching between apps or clicking on a link to open another app, the system will intelligently sense the need for split-screen and proactively remind you. Multiple lines run in parallel for higher efficiency.
Optimize taskbar interaction, add floating mode, support swiping up to call out the taskbar, and automatically collapse it

More practical live photos

Added the option to turn off the live sound on the Live Photo editing page
Added the option to turn off the live photo effect on the live photo editing page. After turning it off, it will be displayed as a static photo.

More useful features

The new portrait mode supports soft light portrait style, creating a dreamy and more beautiful portrait effect
Added the function of transferring data between iOS LAN and WLAN. Under the same WLAN, data can be transferred between LAN without establishing a hotspot connection.
Added a new course reminder card. After downloading the “Wakeup Course Schedule” and importing the course, it supports course reminders.
Added smart summary note recommendation card, which makes it easier to view AI voice summary, call summary, etc.
Added floating window transparency adjustment function to reduce the occlusion of the bottom interface, and the status of the floating window and the main application are clear at a glance
Added mini floating window switching function, added primary and secondary switching options to the top controller of the window, after clicking, the floating window application switches to full screen, and the underlying application switches to mini window
Optimize the floating window side folding logic. When the floating window micro side is folded, the background is automatically locked, making it convenient to open the floating window application at any time
Optimize the screenshot function of split screen/floating window scenes. After taking a screenshot, you can select the window you want to screenshot above the preview floating window to improve the screenshot experience
Optimize the display effects of the navigation bar background color and application color in some scenes to improve the consistency of color display
Optimize the recent task management function to lock more applications and keep them running continuously
Optimize Xiaobu screen recognition function, improve the accuracy of screen recognition in mixed image and text scenes, easily extract complete images, support more applications to extract original images, and facilitate sharing and saving; and improve screen recognition speed, bringing a more stable, smooth and accurate screen recognition experience

The above features will be gradually rolled out from 6 May and will be available to ColorOS 15 users in batches before June 30.

Upgrade list

Oppo Find N5 Satellite Communication Edition
Oppo Find X8 Ultra
Oppo Find X8s+ Ultra
Oppo Find N3
Oppo Find X7 Ultra
Oppo Find X6
Oppo Reno 12 Pro
Oppo Reno 11
Oppo Find N5
Oppo Find X8 Pro Satellite Communication Edition
Oppo Find X8
Oppo Find N3 Flip
Oppo Find X7
Oppo Reno 13 Pro
Oppo Reno 12
Oppo Find X8 Ultra Satellite Communication Edition
Oppo Find X8 Pro
Oppo Find X8s
Oppo Find X7 Ultra Satellite Communication Edition
Oppo Find X6 Pro
Oppo Reno 13
Oppo Reno 11 Pro
OnePlus 13
OnePlus 11
OnePlus Ace 3 Pro
OnePlus Ace 2 Pro
OnePlus 13T
OnePlus Ace 5 Pro
OnePlus Ace 3
OnePlus Ace 2
OnePlus 12
OnePlus Ace 5
OnePlus Ace 3V

Some new features were also added to ColorOS 15

Remote control computer, Mac/Windows cross connection interconnection
Game assistant has been upgraded with one-click recording, live screenshot, and silent start
Free-floating window- floating window transparency, game floating window, double click to switch between main and auxiliary windows
Publish live images on multiple platforms
Inspiration theme
New fluid cloud
iOS one-touch transfer

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