A day after a report said Oppo would wind OnePlus down in the United States and Europe within the week and extend the retreat to India in 2027, OnePlus India briefed the media. It acknowledged the speculation and announced something else.OxygenOS is being retired. Future OnePlus software will be based on ColorOS, Oppo’s Android interface. A company spokesperson made the direction explicit: “OnePlus devices will be evolving from OxygenOS to ColorOS going forward.” Eligible existing devices, however, will be offered the migration as a voluntary update.About The AuthorAt heart, I am a storyteller drawn to the watershed moments that bend the technology landscape. I braid narrative with data, humanise statistics, and trace the arc from first spark to world-changing impact. My reportage, features and reviews are witty, sardonic, visual and vivid, using anecdote to illuminate rather than eviscerate.
As a technology journalist with over sixteen years of experience, I have travelled the world and the seven seas, covered every major tech conference worth its lanyard, chronicled the defining breakthroughs of the last decade and a half, and played a pivotal role in launching some of India’s most important technology publishing platforms across web, print and TV.
