OnePlus releases its own version of Android as a replacement for Cyanogen
Last year, Chinese phone maker OnePlus tried to take on Samsung and HTC with a flagship-style phone at half the price. That device, the OnePlus One, ran a customized version of Android developed by Cyanogen, but now the company is ready to unveil its own software. After a couple of delays, OxygenOS is now available for OnePlus One owners to download and flash onto their smartphones.
OxygenOS was developed in-house by OnePlus, though at this point it is merely a modest refresh of Android 5.0 Lollipop. In a blog post, the company explains that it took a “back to basics” approach with the software, adding, “We place things like performance and battery life over gimmicks and bloated features.”
“Back to basics.”
What that means is that the…
Source:: The Verge
