Oxygen OS 15 on the OnePlus 13 is nearly 20% smaller than Oxygen OS 14 on the OnePlus 12. Here's how OnePlus accomplished this.

TL;DR

  • OnePlus says that Oxygen OS 15 on its “next generation flagship phone” (i.e. OnePlus 13) is nearly 20% smaller than Oxygen OS 14 on the OnePlus 12.
  • The company announced during a briefing that this results in 5GB+ more storage space available to users.
  • It accomplished this by removing redundant features, reducing preloaded resources, and reducing the space needed for future Android versions.
    • limerod@reddthat.comOPMEnglish
      4·
      2 months ago

      Because, this is the data they saved in the super partition. You cannot dynamically change that on a production device.

      • ElPussyKangaroo@lemdro.idEnglish
        1·
        2 months ago

        There’s gotta be a better way to deal with this… Maybe offer a way to backup data and then flash this update to get the best experience?