In abstract
- OxygenOS 16 rolling out to cheaper telephones
- OnePlus Nord 5, OnePlus Nord 4, and OnePlus Nord CE 5 confirmed
- Rolling out now in India
OnePlus has commenced rolling its Android 16 updates out to the cheaper Nord smartphone sequence.
OxygenOS 16, the corporate’s newest customized UI based mostly on Google’s Android 16, is reportedly now showing as a free replace on the OnePlus Nord 5, OnePlus Nord 4, and the OnePlus Nord CE 5.
It appears to be rolling out in India at current (an enormous marketplace for OnePlus), with the remainder of the world prone to comply with briefly order.
It’s a comparatively swift flip round when you think about that the OnePlus Android 16 replace solely began to hit flagship telephones just like the OnePlus 13 earlier in November.
This, after all, adopted the UI’s debut on the OnePlus 15, which arrived on the finish of October.
OxygenOS 16 options
It’s a reasonably sizeable replace, weighing in across the 3.32GB mark. As reported by Android Headlines, the replace consists of Google’s November 2025 Android safety replace.
The replace provides a brand new design with extra in depth use of the Gaussian blur impact for an airier – dare we are saying Liquid Glass-esque – look.
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The Fast Settings panel is now extra customisable, with extra pronounced time and date informations. System-wide themed icons have additionally been added, and Flux Themes now have extra depth.
OnePlus has additionally improved animation fluidity in OxygenOS 16, so it’ll be attention-grabbing to see how these carry out on extra modest {hardware}.
Preserve a watch out for these additions and extra as OxygenOS 16 begins to roll out to Nord units.