OnePlus Pad gets OxygenOS 15.0.0.401 Update in North America with ultra animation effects, flux themes, and more

OnePlus released the OxygenOS 15.0.0.401 update for the India region last month and it was hoped that the update would soon relay to other regions as well. After almost a month, the update is now being rolled out in the NA region with a different changelog. However, there are still no official words from OnePlus regarding the release timeline for the EU and Global regions.

This update, with the firmware version “OPD2203_15.0.0.401(EX01),” is being rolled out in batches, meaning some users may have to wait a little longer to receive it. Normally, it takes around a week or two for the rollout process to be completed. Hopefully, by that time, other regions will also be included in this update.

While the Indian version included bug fixes and interconnection features, the North American release brings a host of new enhancements, including Ultra animation effects, Luminous rendering effects, Flux themes, Photo editing improvements, and more. Below is the detailed changelog for the update:

Changelog

Ultra Animation Effects

• Introduces the industry’s first parallel rendering architecture, offering parallel response and unified rendering to elevate multi-app switching to a new level. Even under extreme usage conditions, the display remains consistently smooth and seamless, ensuring unwavering stability.
• Adds parallel animation for a wider range of scenarios, including widgets, components, folders, and more, ensuring smooth animations even when frequently interrupted.
• Adds system-level swiping curve coverage for third-party apps, including WebView interfaces, ensuring a consistent scrolling experience throughout the system.

Luminous Rendering Effects

• Optimises the rounded corner design by standardising its specifications and extending the application of a continuous curvature.

Flux Themes

• Introduces new flux themes with a huge collection of high-quality themes. Customise them with system wallpapers and photos for your unique touch.
• Introduces customisation for Always-On Display, the Lock screen, and the Home screen. Always-On Display supports flux and classic modes. The Lock screen supports clock colour blending, blurred wallpapers, AI depth effects, AI auto-fills, and more. The Home screen supports blurred wallpapers and more.
• Introduces flux themes with one-take transition animations, enabling seamless and smooth transitions between Always-On Display, Lock screen, and Home screen, significantly enhancing visual continuity.

Live Alerts

• Adds a new Live Alerts design that is focused on the visualisation of information, offering better information display efficiency. Live Alerts is also positioned in the centre, creating a more balanced display.
• Introduces a new Live Alerts animation system featuring elastic design, seamless expansion, and dynamic real-time blur to enhance the visuals of cards.
• Now you can see the status of the torch on Live Alerts.
• Fixes a display issue with existing icons on the status bar when a Live Alerts capsule is displayed.

Photo Editing

• Introduces globally reversible photo editing capability that remembers the settings for your previous edits so they can be applied to subsequent edits, keeping the creative flow uninterrupted.
• Improves integration between Camera and filters, so filters that are applied to photos when taken can be edited, changed, and removed later in Photos.

Floating Window and Split View

• Introduces new Floating Window gestures: pulling down a notification banner to bring up a floating window, pulling down a floating window for full-screen display, swiping up to close a floating window, and swiping to a side to hide a floating window.
• Introduces resizable Split View windows. Simply drag the divider to resize the window not fully displayed for a larger display area. You can also achieve this by tapping the window.

Notifications & Quick Settings

• Adds the Split mode for the notification drawer and Quick Settings. Swipe down from the upper-left to open the notification drawer, swipe down from the upper-right for Quick Settings, and swipe left or right to switch between them.
• Redesigns Quick Settings with an optimised layout that offers more appealing and consistent visuals and more refined and rich animations.

OnePlus Share

• The new file transfer capability with iOS devices, easily connecting and sharing files through OnePlus Share.
• Now you can easily share live photos with nearby iOS devices.

More

• Introduces exclusive OxygenOS Always-On Displays and Lock screen clock styles.
• Introduces the new Home screen clock widget that can be resized to your preference.
• Now you can swipe up to the left to quickly enable Split View when an app is displayed in full screen.
• Now you can migrate live photos from iOS devices with Clone Phone.
• Boarding passes can now be recognised in Photos and added to Google Wallet.