OnePlus Pad 2 is the latest device to get the stable Android 15 update with a layer of OxygenOS 15 skin at the top. This major upgrade has many exciting features and enhancements that we’ll dive into quickly.
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The stable OxygenOS 15 update for the OnePlus Pad 2 is rolling out to India, Europe, and the global version of the device. You can identify the package with the firmware version OPD2403_15.0.0.201(EX01).
It’s a major update that requires you to download a bulky package weighing a few GBs. Before hitting the install button, ensure your device is charged at least 50%.
What’s new in OxygenOS 15 for OnePlus Pad 2?
The latest version of OxygenOS introduces parallel processing to make app switching a snappier experience. It also brings flux themes to customize the Always-On Display (AOD), the lock screen, and the home screen in a single click.
OxygenOS 15 adds live alerts, which are nothing but smart suggestions from OxygenOS 14 with several improvements. It has been positioned in the center and now works with more system functions like hotspots, screen recording, music playback, and more.
The OnePlus Pad 2 also gets a charging limit feature, which pauses charging the device at 80%. This helps extend the battery lifespan. There’s also a battery protection reminder, which reminds you to enable the charging limit if your device is connected to the charger for long hours.
The update also introduces globally reversible photo editing capability that remembers the settings for your previous edits so they can be applied to subsequent edits.
There are many more small changes you can take a look at in the changelog below:
[Ultra animation effects]
• Adds system-level swiping curve coverage for third-party apps, including WebView interfaces, ensuring a consistent scrolling experience throughout the system.
[Luminous rendering effects]
• Redesigns Home screen icons which now feature new and improved icons with the most natural and comfortable proportions and colours for fuller and sharper visuals.
• Redesigns a vast number of system function icons, ensuring greater visual
[consistency at a system level.]
• Optimises the rounded corner design by standardising its specifications and extending the application of a continuous curvature.
[Flux themes]
• 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, glass textures, blurred wallpapers, AI depth effects, AI auto-fills and more. The Home screen supports glass patterns, blurred wallpapers and more.
[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.
• Optimises the way you interact with Live Alerts capsules – just tap a capsule and see it expand into a card. You can quickly switch between multiple live activities simply by swiping left or right on the capsules in the status bar, making it more efficient to view information.
[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.
[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.
[Battery & charging]
• Introduces "Charging limit" to stop charging at 80% to extend battery lifespan and slow down degradation.
• Introduces battery protection reminder to turn on Charging limit when your device is connected to a charger for too long.
[Privacy protection]
• Improves Private Safe with the new categorised browsing features for images, videos and documents, making it easier to manage private data.
• Introduces a new Home screen entry for hidden apps. You can tap the Hidden apps folder on the Home screen and verify your privacy password to see the apps.
