ColorOS is a mobile operating system that is an Android-like OS that was established by Oppo Electronics. Oppo is one of the biggest brands of smartphones popular worldwide, that's why its skin is seen on millions of devices. The First version of ColorOS was introduced in 2013. Other than Oppo, Realme has the realme UI(Color OS was used earlier by realme), and OnePlus uses a similar OS which is the OxygenOS mobile operating system all three companies are Chinese companies. These are also called custom skins.ColorOS is the custom skin of the Oppo brand. Custom skins have different user interface designs. Other androids are called ‘Stock Android’.

Some of the features are similar to iOS. It is an open-source Android OS that is much revised by Oppo. The ColorOS varies its version from v6 to v13. The latest version of ColorOS is ColorOS 13, it's operating system is Android 13 which presents new Aquamorphic designs which are inspired by the flow and simplicity of water. While ColorOS 11, is the stable version of Oppo software that is based on Android 11. Unlike other android OS mobile, its user interface(UI) is also known as skin, Oppo has a very light android skin.ColorOS is just a cover(skin) over the android. 

Features of ColorOS

• There are a variety of screenshots and screen recording feature in ColorOS that is absent in pure Android. 
• Without the user's definite permission, not all apps get access to the camera or microphone and some other features.
• The camera has many features of AI stuff that include beautification, scene identification, and night mode.
• The feature called private safe is one of the useful feature-packed in ColorOS used for hiding and encrypting necessary files in and for realme users. 
• It has customized android distribution made by Oppo for their mobile phone users.
• The common features of recent ColorOS are based on gaming and sounding, wallpaper theming system(personalized features), design-based features like 3D icons, connectivity, and humanized features like accessibility 2.0 and smart backlight.
•  Other features include the gesture-based- customized screen on and off, text magnification, color enhancement, FTP server, options for long screenshots, phone manager,multi-screen connect, and many other accessible features are also included. 

According to March 2020 statistics, ColorOS has more than 350 million monthly active users. Eventually, pure android is good but ColorOS has a more customized theme, beautiful widgets, and updated features of Android. It changes the look and makes the smartphone much smarter and more promisingly equipped.

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