vivo OriginOS 6 goes global – here’s what’s new | Infinium-tech

Vivo announced the X300 series smartphones in China earlier this week and we got a chance to take a quick look at the X300 and The review units are headed to the office for some of our more standardized testing, but in the meantime we thought we’d touch on one of the company’s other major developments this year – OriginOS 6 going global.

Until now, Vivo smartphones targeted for its domestic market were only running OriginOS, while international smartphones were on a separate software branch called FuntouchOS. We’ve often been critical of the Funtouch due to its somewhat dated look and feel, and importing a phone with an otherwise superior Origin means dealing with China-specific pre-installed apps, some limitations with payment/banking software, and other often unexpected hurdles. Well, Vivo is killing it and OriginOS will now be the UI to run all future models – Chinese and global.

original island

This new version that marks the convergence of the two software branches is v.6 – Vivo could have done like Apple and gone with a year label, or changed things up with the digits somehow to mark the occasion, but instead they decided to enhance the OriginOS 5 that is available in China. Works for us.

new control center style

While the new This is a meaningful evolution from the OriginOS 5 we previously saw on Chinese Vivos (another X200 Pro and the existing

Vivo marketing materials promise that OriginOS is ‘redefining the way people experience the digital world’ and mention esoteric concepts like balance, clarity, comfort and what not. He also outlined how they have essentially re-engineered Android to make better use of resources and improve speed and battery life.

lockscreen flip card

It has ultra-core computing that allocates resources to processes according to Vivo, which is way better than Android, achieving up to 18.5% faster app cold starts and 10.5% more stable frame rates while scrolling. Memory Fusion accelerates loading speeds in heavy-load scenarios – the example Vivo gives shows a 106% speed boost in opening a 5,000-image photo album that now loads in seconds. 47 apps can be kept alive even in the background. Next is the Dual Rendering Architecture, which will give you up to 35% increased animation rendering efficiency and up to 11% improved frame rate stability.

more native islands

We have no doubt that there is a layer of truth behind all this, it’s just that they are talking about something that is difficult to measure outside of very specific laboratory conditions. Needless to mention it all sounds like that retro encapsulation if you know what we mean.

Moving on to some more tangible – or, rather, visible – reforms. Vivo has put extra effort into OriginOS’s animations, making them feel more responsive thanks to effects like bounciness, blurred transitions, and mirroring user gesture velocity. It’s hard to put your finger on it, but the phone feels very natural in the way it reacts to your inputs – much more than what FuntouchOS 15 will give you.

Private space is hidden behind swipe left on the dock

Vivo is also big on smoothness with this update and claims an increase in touch response speed of 41% – 26% better than competitors! (We don’t know what they’re measuring or how, obviously.) Either way, they promise a “seamless as new” experience for the flagship models for 5 years. The one-year-old X200 Pro certainly feels as good as new.

OriginOS 6

OriginOS 6 brings improved Origin visuals to the international Vivo, which until now was forced to use a pretty dated Funtouch UI. That means an improved Settings menu, a more contemporary notification shade/Control Center implementation, a customized font, and at least 2800 redesigned icons.

• Lockscreen • Homescreen • Large folders

Control Center is probably one of the bigger changes if you’re coming from Funtouch, and it’s one of the most obvious vehicles for the new blur effects and changes (Gradient Blur they call it). Perhaps the quick settings ‘rim light’ (button border effect) is a bit like the iOS 26 design, but let’s assume the designers got there independently and it’s all right where UI trends are going.

Notifications • Quick Settings

Flip Card is an OriginOS 6 lockscreen feature, where you can select up to 4 images from the gallery and alternate between them when you tilt the phone to one side – it’s probably nicer than just a single lockscreen wallpaper. What’s really cool is how the clock smoothly changes back and forth between its AOD size and lockscreen position.

turn the card

Origin Island is familiar to those who have seen recent OriginOS iterations, but completely new to former FuntouchOS users. The dynamic black cloud around your front camera shows relevant status information for clocks and music players and more, and also turns into an actionable area for you to drop content into in some copy-and-paste scenarios.

original island

Of course, it has a range of AI-based features. An AI writing tool can help with your writer’s block and provide proofreading, summarizing, and more. AI Caption is a system-level application for speech-to-text conversion and real-time transcription and translation. It also has a document editor with PDF and Word document support and its own set of AI smarts.

AI Writing • AI Transcribe • AI Caption

There is now a Vivo Connection Center, which is a sort of OriginOS 6 hub to enable various connectivity options on your Vivo. Link to PC is available with screen mirroring, file transfer and task handoff. You can also do one-tap transfers with other Vivos or even iPhones, though you’ll need to install Vivo’s EasyShare on the second phone — a few more taps will be required the first time you do it.

connection center

A Private Space functionality is also part of OriginOS 6 – we didn’t get it on the latest Funtouch and it wasn’t on OriginOS 5 either. This is a normally separate area where you can keep sensitive data away from prying eyes. You can even have two instances of the same social app so you can separate business from personal use.

private space

Battery life is another area where Vivo has made some progress with OriginOS 6. The company’s internal lab results report a 30mA reduction in background app consumption for most users, up to 90mA for the top 1% of heavy users. They also claim a 10-20% improvement in CPU efficiency, which extends battery life by up to 30 minutes under certain conditions (again, these are not clear metrics).

battery settings

All things considered, we are really excited about OriginOS replacing Funtouch OS for the international variants of Vivo smartphones. The previous UI was old and quite plain, while OriginOS 6 brings a lot of attractiveness and fluidity at the same time, and the additional features are also likely to be appreciated by a wider user base.

When is OriginOS 6 coming to my phone?

OriginOS will come pre-installed on future Vivo smartphones – Chinese and international smartphones. There is a broader release schedule for updating existing phones to OriginOS 6, starting with the X Fold5, X200 series and V60 series as well as the iQOO 13 early next month. The rollout will expand to the older generation X Fold3 Pro, iQOO Neo 10, Neo 10R, and Neo9 Pro) will be included in mid-December. Many more Vivo and iQOO should also get ColorOS 6 in the first half of 2026.