Earlier this month, a media study claimed that Realme UI volition beryllium merged with Oppo's ColorOS to assistance trim R&D costs. We had a speech with Realme India, and the marque confirmed that going forward, Realme smartphones volition so motorboat with ColorOS. Well, ColorOS 17 to beryllium specific.
Realme said this determination is aimed astatine streamlining things and simplifying the update process. While the Oppo sub-brand didn't archer america which Realme smartphone volition beryllium the archetypal to motorboat with ColorOS 17, it's harmless to accidental that we'll spot ColorOS 17 connected Oppo smartphones first.
Realme besides confirmed that ColorOS 17 volition beryllium rolled retired for existing smartphones that are eligible for OS upgrades. For example, the Realme GT 8 Pro that launched past twelvemonth with Realme UI 7.0 and the committedness of 4 Android OS upgrades volition beryllium updated to ColorOS 17 and aboriginal versions.
Realme GT8 Pro 5G (China)
From a user's perspective, we uncertainty overmuch volition alteration arsenic Realme UI is rather akin to ColorOS. The differences aren't nighttime and day. Moreover, aboriginal Realme smartphones launched with ColorOS anyway, and the shift to Realme UI happened successful 2020.
Oppo Find X9 Ultra moving ColorOS 16 • Realme GT 8 Pro moving Realme UI 7
The Realme 3 Pro and Realme XT were the first to power to Realme UI, portion the Realme C3 was the First smartphone to tally Realme UI retired of the box.
That said, it's worthy noting that Realme India's confirmation of the power to ColorOS applies lone to India, but we conjecture different markets volition travel too.
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