Oxygen OS offers plenty
of customization options and many features most of us are not aware of.
Oxygen OS is one of the best implementations of Android currently
available in the market and I am coming from a nexus device to oneplus 3 was a
breeze since it provided customization to suit me. OnePlus adding a few useful
features on top of a near-stock user interface makes it the fastest OS in the
market which isn’t just fluidic but also has bunch of useful customizations. While
you may not be able to change entire elements of the UI, there are several
customization options available to make the device stand out.
Night mode
Blue light emitted by phones when used at night time will interfere with our sleeping pattern. Night Mode activates a blue light filter that reduces
fatigue when viewing the screen at night. The feature debuted last year with OnePlus
3, but on the OnePlus 5 you can set it to automatically engage from sunset to
sunrise, or select a custom time range.
The feature works by changing color temperature of display
by giving the panel a yellowish tint that eliminates blue hues. While the
screen no longer shows accurate colors, it does reduce the strain on your eyes,
particularly if you're interacting with your phone a lot at night.
Oxygen OS also allows you to set the intensity of the effect
— you can choose to eliminate blue tones completely, or select a setting that
doesn't alter the color temperature of the screen too much.
Reading mode
Eventhough we can read books on our smartphones but the lighting and ease of reading is often difficult via smartphone which can be overcome to an extent from the reading Mode feature introduced with the OnePlus 5.
Like Night Mode, the feature automatically calibrates the color temperature of
the display making it conducive to reading.
Instead of switching to warmer colors, Reading Mode creates
a monochrome effect that's great for reading text. You can activate the mode
manually or set it to automatically launch for specific apps. For instance, if
you have the Kindle app installed on your OnePlus 5, you can enable Reading
Mode to launch automatically whenever you open the app, leaving the rest of the
user interface unchanged.
Gestures
Oxygen OS offers a wide range of gestures which make it
easier to interact with phone. The three-finger screenshot gesture allows you
to take a screenshot just by swiping down anywhere on the screen with three
fingers. You also have double tap to wake the screen and the ability to control
music playback — two-finger swipe down for play/pause and <,> symbols to
move forward or back in a playlist.
There's also the option to launch the camera by drawing an
O, and toggle the flashlight with a V gesture. These gestures are predetermined
on the OnePlus 3 & 3T, but you can customize actions for up to five
gestures on the OnePlus 5, including launching an app, opening the front camera,
accessing the Shelf, and as you wish. These gestures provide you an ability to
customize your phone as per your requirements.
Tweak the audio
The OnePlus 5 takes full advantage of the Snapdragon 835
chipset, and that includes a Bluetooth 5.0 chip and the aptX HD audio codec.
You'll be able to switch between aptX HD, aptX, and the default SBC codec.
The Qualcomm-owned aptX HD codec is designed to deliver
high-res audio over Bluetooth. Launched at the beginning of 2016, aptX HD
supports 24-bit/48kHz audio, and while it still uses a lossy compression, you
get a higher bandwidth of 576kbps. The standard aptX codec, which was first
developed in the 1980s, has a maximum bandwidth of 352kbps.
To get the most out of aptX HD, you'll need to have a
compatible audio product that also features the codec. Right now, that's a
short list — only the LG Tone Platinum, Tone Active+, Audio-Technica's high-end
ATH-DSR9BT, mid-range ATH-DSR7BT, and the $1,000 Beyerdynamic Xelento offer the
codec.
While the OnePlus 5 comes with the aptX HD codec, the
OnePlus 3 and 3T feature aptX. However, all three phones offer an audio tuner
that lets you tweak the equalizer settings according to your tastes.
LED notifications
Oxygen OS allows you to customize the LED notification light
for various actions. There's the option to select from eight colors for default
notifications, battery full indicator, battery charging, and battery low. You
can also select which apps trigger the LED notification light.
Gaming – do not
disturb
It is often irritating when you get notifications while
playing games, to overcome this oneplus has provided the OnePlus 5 doesn't have
a Do Not Disturb mode for notifications (you'll have to manually toggle the
Alert Slider every night), but it does have one for when you're gaming.
It does what you'd expect — activating Gaming Do Not Disturb
silences all incoming notifications with the exception of calls and alarms. The
mode also locks the capacitive keys, preventing you from exiting a game should
you accidentally hit one of the navigation keys. If you don't want to lock the
navigation keys, you can turn off the setting. You can set the mode to launch
automatically when a particular app is nothing opened.
Navigation buttons
Different branded phones come up with navigation buttons
differently in their phones and most of us are used to a particular way. When
you change your phone it becomes a pain to get accustomed to these navigation
buttons and to overcome this oneplus added a nifty feature in OxygenOS is the
ability to choose between capacitive or on-screen navigation keys. If you're
going with the hardware keys, there's a toggle to turn off the backlight. The
default layout of the buttons is back, home, and recents, but you can switch
the back and recents buttons if you're coming from a Samsung phone and want to
have the back button to the left of the home key. The customizations are valid
both for the hardware keys as well as the on-screen buttons.
Alongside the ability to change the order of the buttons,
you can also assign long press and double tap actions to each button. You can
select from a variety of actions, including opening the camera, turning off the
screen, opening or closing the notification shade, accessing split-screen mode,
and much more.
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