Realme India confirms its future devices will launch with ColorOS 17 | Infinium-tech

Earlier this month, a media report claimed that Realme UI will be merged with Oppo’s ColorOS to help reduce R&D costs. We spoke with Realme India and the brand confirmed that going forward, Realme smartphones will indeed launch with ColorOS. Well, ColorOS 17 to be specific.

Realme said the move aims to streamline things and simplify the update process. Although the Oppo sub-brand hasn’t told us which Realme smartphone will be the first to launch with ColorOS 17, it’s safe to say that we’ll be the first to see ColorOS 17 on an Oppo smartphone.

Realme has also confirmed that ColorOS 17 will be rolled out for existing smartphones that are eligible for the OS upgrade. For example, the Realme GT 8 Pro that launched last year with Realme UI 7.0 and the promise of four Android OS upgrades will be updated to ColorOS 17 and later.

Realme GT8 Pro 5G (China)

From a user perspective, we doubt much will change as the Realme UI is very similar to ColorOS. The difference is not night and day. Additionally, early Realme smartphones launched with ColorOS anyway, and the transition to Realme UI happened in 2020.

• Oppo Find X9 Ultra running on ColorOS 16 • Realme GT 8 Pro running on Realme UI 7

The Realme 3 Pro and Realme XT were the first smartphones to switch to Realme UI, while the Realme C3 was the first smartphone to run Realme UI out of the box.

That said, it’s worth noting that Realme India’s confirmation of the switch to ColorOS only applies to India, but we guess other markets will follow suit.