Color OS 7 experience: there is still a distance from perfection.

For most mobile phone players, MIUI or Flyme may be familiar with the domestic Android customization system. However, among domestic mobile phone manufacturers, there are also some customized Android systems that are relatively perfect. OPPO's Color OS is an example. Especially after upgrading to Color OS 7, the overall aesthetic level has been greatly improved, but there are still many places to be improved. In order to give you a reference, we have a detailed experience of all aspects of Color OS 7.

The model of this experience is OPPO Find X2 Pro, the system version is Color OS 7. 1 based on Android 10, and the version number is PDEM30 _1_ A.11.

After the mobile phone is unlocked, the first thing you see is the mobile phone desktop, which is equivalent to the "first impression" given by the system, and the first impression often makes people preconceived and affects the overall judgment. Therefore, it is necessary to design a beautiful and generous desktop, especially in this era when the public aesthetic has improved.

Color OS 7 default icon adopts rounded rectangle design, but it is not a simple 1/4 rounded corner, but a rounded corner with the same curvature as iOS. In terms of icon color, Color OS 7 has made some changes, which solved the problem of bright display of OLED screen, reduced the saturation of icon color and made it look more natural. And the icon is simplified to make it look more intuitive. In addition, you can customize the icon shape and icon details in the desktop settings, and enlarge or reduce the content and icon size.

Color OS 7 adopts custom OPPO Sans fonts developed by OPPO and Hanyi font library, and adopts a brand-new skeleton to make the overall shape look more elegant and straight. Of course, in actual use, we can't see any difference from the ordinary black fuselage, but more is the display of details.

What makes Color OS 7 amazing is the dynamic wallpaper made according to the traditional manufacturing technology of China. The colors flow radially and change, which looks interesting.

Color OS 7, like most domestic Android customization systems, adopts nonlinear animation design in the animation design of application opening and closing. The official Quantum quantum animation engine claims to make animation transitions faster and more natural, which is suitable for high frame rate mobile phones. In the actual experience, Color OS 7 can really bring people a smooth experience, and the operation is rarely sloppy.

There are two differences between the status bar of Color OS 7 and our common status bar: First, although its shape can also be called rounded rectangle, it is not uniform from top to bottom. The top is immersed, which directly fits the rounded border of the screen, while the arc of the rounded corner at the bottom is too small, which makes the whole look a bit uncoordinated. The practice of most mobile phones is to fill the top of the screen with black to make the rounded corners more uniform. Of course, this is subjective, and some people will think it is more beautiful.

Second, when the status bar is fully expanded, there is a large area showing the date, weather and so on. And the function icons below. The purpose of doing this may be to facilitate the user's one-handed operation, but in general, it will give people a top-heavy feeling, which is very uncoordinated. In addition, there are many function buttons to choose from in the status bar, which can be added according to your own needs.

Color OS 7' s built-in theme stores are rich in content, and some also support global themes. Official themes or third-party themes can meet the beautification needs of most users on the desktop. There is an "art+"option in the theme store, which contains some specially made art wallpapers, which are updated every week. It should be noted that most of the themes in the store are paid.

The appearance of negative screen improves the use efficiency of mobile phone, makes some important information or functions more intuitive, and makes it easier and faster for users to browse or open functions. Color OS 7 unifies the shape of the card, most of which are the same size and look very regular. In the addition of card functions, it is not as rich as MIUI or Funtouch OS, but it is enough to meet the various needs of users.

Another interesting thing is that all cards in Color OS 7 (except information) can be folded, so you can choose to fold some cards that are not commonly used but need to be browsed occasionally to make the negative screen look more concise. In addition, like MIUI, it can also be sorted automatically according to the update of card information. But strangely, Color OS 7 has done a good job in negative screen, but some operation details are still unsatisfactory. For example, dragging is not supported to adjust the display order of cards. Of course, we can reorder the cards in the negative screen setting by canceling and adding, but it is particularly troublesome to do so.

Like most domestic Roms, Color OS 7 also provides game space functions, but it is relatively satisfactory, much richer than hydrogen OS functions, but a little simpler than MIUI. One of the cool features may be that when a notice comes during the game, it can be set to appear in the form of a barrage, but you can only watch it, but you can't click reply. In addition, the 4D vibration that enhances the game experience only supports some games.

Full-screen gesture replaces physical keys while avoiding the ugliness of virtual keys, but it also brings a small problem, that is, in most cases, it makes the input method keyboard move up a little, resulting in a big gap between the bottom of the keyboard and the edge of the screen. Although it has little effect on typing, this gap is uncomfortable for most people. On Color OS 7, according to this pain point, you can adjust the keyboard position in the settings, narrow the gap width, and make the input method keyboard closer to the edge of the screen. Although it can't fit completely, the visual experience still needs to be improved a lot.

Night mode has become a trend in both iOS and Android, but it has different degrees of support in domestic customization systems. The dark mode of Color OS 7 not only supports system applications to automatically enter the dark mode, but also adapts third-party applications to enter the dark mode. Moreover, the official claims that this dark mode can be used around the clock, so that the screen content can be clearly seen day and night, and it can also save electricity. But there shouldn't be many people who keep on the dark mode just to save electricity.

Color OS 7 has an option of "convenient assistance" in the settings, in which we can turn on functions such as "floating ball", "flashback key" and "smart sidebar". Among them, the floating ball can be set with different gestures. One of my favorite features is that clicking can lock the screen, so you don't have to press the power button of the fuselage. The flashback key should be unique in Color OS 7. It can appear on the desktop in the form of a small window during the waiting process of some applications or games, so that we can do other operations without delay during the waiting process, but there are few supported applications at present. This small function is really practical, but there should be few scenes and frequencies used. Smart Sidebar supports quick opening of some functions or applications, but some functions are duplicated when there are negative screens, status bars and desktop icons.

Just like Jovi in Funtouch OS, Breeno in Color OS 7 is not only an intelligent voice assistant, but also a mobile phone intelligent assistant. Because in addition to intelligent voice, it also has intelligent functions such as driving, sleeping and screen recognition. Among them, after Breeno space is activated, you can perform screen recognition, voice and other operations on the current page.

Breeno intelligent voice assistant in Color OS 7, like most voice assistants on the market, has more and more functions, can realize continuous dialogue and voice wake-up, and its skills are still being added. For us, the most common function of intelligent voice assistant is to open or interact with applications. Breeno can satisfy these two points, but there is also a problem. When you need a voice assistant to open a dual-open application, two applications will pop up on the desktop, and you need to click and choose, so you can't further confirm which one to open by voice.

There is also an interesting function in Color OS 7-Breeno instruction, which is a bit similar to the Android application IFTTT, and you can customize the instruction. Include one-key instruction and automatic instruction. With one-click instruction, we can navigate home with one click, or take a picture of the shell. When the system reaches a certain time node or connects other devices, automatic commands can trigger some functions. For example, we can set the system to automatically turn on the dark mode when the system time is 7 pm, or automatically turn on the music application and play it when the Bluetooth headset is connected. We can also customize the instruction, but we can only choose from some limited conditions and results, and we can't add conditions or results at will.

In the application of Color OS 7 system, we can see the simplification, adjustment and unification of the structure. In particular, the unification of the structure can make users get used to it, so as to quickly find the function entrance when switching different applications intuitively. In the calendar and time application interface, we can see this structural unity, and the setting and adding buttons are placed in the upper right corner of the interface, which reduces the user's memory burden on the function entry. In addition, Color OS 7 also designed a half-screen interaction for the full screen. For example, when you add an alarm clock, you will not enter another interface, but a half-screen interface will pop up, and some necessary settings can be completed in the half-screen. If you want to make more detailed settings, just pull up the half screen to enter the detailed settings interface.

The interesting thing about weather application is that when you touch the weather animation with your hands, some dynamic effects will be formed. For example, the weather animation is the night when the stars are shining, and the star track pattern will appear when you slide with your finger.

The camera interface of Color OS 7 is relatively simple, and the function presentation is relatively simple, which is a bit like the camera interface style in hydrogen OS, or the camera interface of hydrogen OS is further simplified according to the camera of Color OS. The camera of Color OS 7 has also added the AI camera function, which can automatically identify the subject and automatically adjust the parameters according to the subject to obtain the best effect. From the perspective of camera adjustment, the photos taken by color os cameras are richer in color, which makes people look more eye-catching, but lack realism.

The photo album application in Color OS 7 has unique settings. The logic of displaying pictures in most photo album applications is to display the latest pictures at the front of the photo album interface, while the photo album in Color OS 7 displays the latest pictures at the end. However, the logic shown in front of the recent pictures is obviously used by users and is more convenient. However, it can use AI technology to automatically identify the content of pictures or label and classify scenes, and in some applications, it does not need to find pictures one by one slowly, and it can directly search for keywords to quickly find pictures to share, which not only improves efficiency but also does not destroy the mood.

Nowadays, in addition to browsing pictures, photo album applications often add the function of editing pictures. The photo album editing function in Color OS 7 can only be said to be sufficient, but it is not powerful. It provides some commonly used functions such as cropping, filtering and beauty, but if you want to cut the picture and change the sky with one click, you still need to download a professional third-party photo editing application to realize it.

Soloop is a unique video editing application of Color OS, and its launch may be to meet the growing demand of some people for editing short videos quickly. The power of this application is that it doesn't need any foundation, just drag and drop to make personalized videos. For example, you don't need to subtitle one by one, but you can automatically generate subtitles according to the speech in the AI ? ? recognition video. For example, if you add background music to a video, you don't need to look for audio files everywhere. There is a rich music library in Soloop for users to call at any time.

OPPO Relax is an application that assists breathing, sleep, concentration and relaxation, and provides breathing, music and environmental sounds to help users relax physically and mentally. Moreover, Color OS 7 specially processes the sound, and removes the high-pitched part after simulating various sounds in reality, so that the sound sounds softer and more natural. Breathing with the rhythm of the software or listening to white noise when you are depressed are good ways to relieve stress.

In recent years, Color OS has been plagiarized from iOS and dug the corner of Flyme. Although you can still see the shadow of iOS and Flyme on Color OS 7, including the icon design of iOS and the blank space of Flyme. But after the complete experience, we can all feel the concept of "lightness and infinity" in Color OS 7, whether it is the use of color or the adjustment and unification of structure. However, there are still many functions in Color OS 7 that make the system look simplified, and some logic settings may make users uncomfortable. In the domestic Android customization system, Color OS 7 is a relatively balanced existence, but it is still on the road to perfection.