ColorOS is a user interface created by Oppo based on Android. Initially, Realme phones used ColorOS until it was replaced by Realme UI in 2020. Realme UI uses some of ColorOS's apps. Starting from the OnePlus 9 series, OnePlus will preinstall ColorOS on all smartphones that are sold in mainland China instead of HydrogenOS (Chinese version of OxygenOS).
In September 2026, Oppo announced that ColorOS has 770 million active users worldwide, spanning more than 90 countries and regions.
History
The first version of ColorOS was launched in September 2013. Oppo had released plenty of Android smartphones before then. It was not stock Android, but Oppo did not label it as ColorOS. Over the years, Oppo launched new official versions of the operating system. Major version 4 was skipped due to the superstitious nature of the number. To make things less confusing, in 2020 the company revealed that it would adopt the same numbering scheme as mainline Android, and as such, ColorOS jumped from ColorOS 7 to ColorOS 11 with the launch of Android 11.
It was announced that ColorOS, OnePlus' Oxygen OS, and Realme's Realme UI will merge to form a single Android skin that will appear on all OnePlus, Oppo and Realme phones. However these plans were cancelled as the three UI's are being developed on the same codebase, but they are separate.
Version history
| Version | Initial release date | Latest version | Latest release date | Android version(s) | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ColorOS 1 | September 23, 2013 | 1.4.3i | August 11, 2014 | Android 4.1 – 4.3 | ||
| ColorOS 2 | October 20, 2014 | 2.1.5i | October 31, 2015 | Android 4.4 – 5.1 | ||
| ColorOS 3 | March 17, 2016 | 3.2 | October 26, 2017 | Android 5.1 – 7.1.1 | ||
| ColorOS 5 | March 26, 2018 | 5.2.1 | October 16, 2018 | Android 7.1.1 - 8.1 | ||
| ColorOS 6 | March 17, 2019 | 6.1.2 | December 20, 2019 | Android 9 | ||
| 6.7 | November 6, 2019 | Android 10 | ||||
| ColorOS 7 | November 26, 2019 | 7.2 | June 5, 2020 | |||
| ColorOS 11 | September 14, 2020 | 11.3 | May 27, 2021 | Android 11 | ||
| ColorOS 12 | September 16, 2021 | 12.1 | February 24, 2022 | Android 11 – 12 | ||
| ColorOS 13 | September 19, 2022 | 13.2 | September 29, 2023 | Android 13 | ||
| ColorOS 14 | November 16, 2023 | 14.1 | May 23, 2024 | Android 14 | ||
| ColorOS 15 | October 17, 2024 | 15.0.2 | May 23, 2025 | Android 15 | ||
| ColorOS 16 | October 28, 2025 | 16.1 (16.0.10) | August 14, 2026 | Android 16 | ||
| 16.5 | September 28, 2026 | Android 17 | ||||
| ColorOS 17 | October 13, 2026 | 17 | October 13, 2026 | |||
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