- OnePlus has detailed its upcoming OxygenOS 16 update.
- A head-to-head comparison with Samsung One UI was meant to show that OnePlus’s software is more respsonsive.
- Closer viewing shows One UI failed to keep pace largely due to user error.
OnePlus’s latest OxygenOS 16 update is set to begin rolling out broadly next month. The update will bring a bunch of new features, including, OnePlus says, enhancements to its Parallel Processing, which is meant to make opening and switching apps feel faster. In a video showcasing the new update, OnePlus compared the app switching experience in OxygenOS to Samsung’s One UI — but the demo seemed intentionally dishonest.
As flagged by uyagoda_ on Threads, a split-screen pitting OxygenOS 16 against Samsung One UI (labeled “Other Flagship UI”) appears to show a Samsung phone hanging as a game loads while the OnePlus phone next to it continued to fly through cycling in and out of various apps. At a glance, it looks bad for Samsung, but on closer inspection, the One UI hiccup was pretty clearly user error.