OxygenOS and Realme UI Reportedly Being Discontinued as OPPO Moves to ColorOS for All

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-Kabir Jain

Updated: Friday, July 3, 2026, 16:23 [IST]

According to a report by Smartprix, citing a highly reliable industry insider, OPPO is initiating a sweeping consolidation of its smartphone business that will result in the permanent discontinuation of both OxygenOS and Realme UI on future devices.

All future OnePlus and Realme smartphones will reportedly run ColorOS globally.

What the Rumour Says

According to the Smartprix report, both OxygenOS and Realme UI are being axed on future devices, with ColorOS set to be the only software running across OnePlus and Realme smartphones globally. The insider also claims OnePlus is narrowing its global footprint to just India and China, while Realme is reportedly winding down its China business to focus on international markets.

The report also claims OnePlus’s after-sales support in India has already been quietly folded into OPPO’s service network, with standalone OnePlus service centres being phased out.

None of this has been confirmed by OPPO, OnePlus, or Realme as of writing this article.

Why It’s Plausible

This didn’t come from nowhere. Back in 2021, Pete Lau, OnePlus founder and OPPO’s chief product officer, announced that OnePlus and OPPO would merge their software codebases. In China, OnePlus had already replaced HydrogenOS with ColorOS years ago. And if you’ve used recent versions of OxygenOS and ColorOS side by side, you’ve noticed they feel increasingly similar under the hood.

The financial logic also tracks. Maintaining three separate Android skins requires substantial ongoing engineering investment. Cutting two of them would trim R&D costs significantly.

What It Would Mean

For Realme users, a move to ColorOS would likely feel like a minor adjustment at most. Realme UI was always built closely on top of ColorOS.

For OnePlus users, it’s a different story. OxygenOS wasn’t just software. It was the brand’s identity, the thing that made the OnePlus One’s “Never Settle” tagline feel earned. Clean, fast, minimal, customisable. The fact that recent versions have drifted closer to ColorOS hasn’t made the name any less meaningful to the people who chose OnePlus because of it. If this rumour is accurate, that chapter is closing.

That said, this is still a single unnamed insider speaking to one publication. Until OPPO, OnePlus, or Realme says something officially, treat it as a rumour.

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