Got a new OnePlus phone? Check out these features!
Why you can trust Pocket-lint (Pocket-lint) — OnePlus’ Oxygen OS is one of the most fluid and clean versions of Android skins available, and there’s lots within it to dig into and customise. So, if you’ve recently bought a OnePlus phone — like the OnePlus 9 or 9 Pro — and you want a few tips to get you started, you’ve come to the right place. For our pick of 14 top features, watch our video below. For a more in-depth guide carry on reading. Home screen and customisation tips Swipe down for notifications: When you first boot up the phone, swiping down from the Home Screen launched the OnePlus Shelf. Thankfully, you can change it to swipe down notifications instead. Long-press the wallpaper and choose ‘Home Settings’. Now tape ‘Swipe down to access’ and choose ‘Notifications and Quick Settings’ from the list. Stop apps filling up your home screen: To stop apps from creating a new home screen when you install them, long-press your wallpaper and tap ‘Home Settings’, now toggle off the switch next to ‘add icon to Home Screen’ at the top. Change your home screen layout: If you want to increase or decrease the number of apps on your home screen just long-press the wallpaper and tap ‘Home Settings’ and choose ‘Home screen layout’. Here you can choose the grid style as well as choose to adjust the size of the app icons and app lables. Install custom icon packs: OnePlus has let you install custom icon packs for years without needing a third party launcher. To change icons individually you first need to download an icon pack from the Play Store. Search for ‘icon packs’ and look through them until you find one you like the look of then download it. Change individual app icons: Once installed, press and hold an app icon you want to change on your Home Screen and tap ‘edit’. Now tap the icon on the left and select your downloaded icon pack from the drop-down list. You should now see a screen full of icons from that pack, with related ones at the top to choose from. Choose the one you want and save it. To change it back to the original, tap ‘Edit’ now choose ‘reset’. Apply a custom icon pack: To change all your icons to the same third party icon pack just go to Settings > Customisation and select Icon Pack before choosing your downloaded pack. Change your fingerprint animation: To customise the animation that shows when you unlock the phone using the in-display fingerprint scanner just go to Settings > Customisation and choose the fingerprint animation option before choosing the animation you like. Create your own accent colour: For years OnePlus has let you choose the UI accent colour, and you can even create your own colour rather than choose from presets. Go to Settings > Customisation and select ‘Accent Colour’. Now tap ‘Customisation’ at the bottom and adjust the sliders until you have the right shade. Use a photos as your Always on Display: OnePlus has this beta feature called ‘Canvas’ which turns a photo of a person as your ambient always-on display. Lock your phone and a person’s face becomes a white outline on a black background. To choose it, head to Settings > Customisation and select ‘Canvas’. NO choose a photo of a person’s face from your images, and scale it. Tap preview to see what it’ll look like and if you’re happy tap the little tick in the top corner to save it. Now tap ‘Yes’ on the pop up window to confirm. Gestures and navigation tips Quick search gesture: In the latest version of Oxygen OS there’s a gesture to quick search for an app on your phone but you need to enable it.
