International Vivo customers, your software program expertise is about to alter

Vivo has simply introduced some thrilling information for international followers of Vivo and IQOO telephones. Lastly, the corporate is changing the much-criticized Funtouch OS that is been powering its telephones outdoors of China with OriginOS, and it’ll introduce the brand new OriginOS model on October 15, 2025. 

Vivo to launch OriginOS globally 

Vivo CTO Shi Yujian has now introduced that OriginOS is coming to the worldwide market in a brief video on social media. The official date of the launch occasion for the brand new OS model is scheduled for October 15, 2025:

Thus far, Vivo smartphones have rocked OriginOS solely in China, whereas the remainder of the world has had to make use of Funtouch OS. Now, lastly, the software program cut up period for Vivo followers is coming to an finish. 

OriginOS is a extra refined expertise than Funtouch OS 

Funtouch OS is the OS that Vivo and IQOO telephones run outdoors of China. Nevertheless, the working system has usually been criticized for being inferior to OriginOS, which runs on gadgets in China. 
OriginOS is reportedly smoother and cleaner than Funtouch OS. It additionally has extra fluid animations, widget-focused layouts, and general feels extra refined. Then again, Funtouch OS has been criticized for being overly bloated, which was not serving to the person expertise regardless of a number of the telephones rocking wonderful {hardware}. OriginOS’s international rollout will begin with OriginOS 6 (primarily based on Android 16), which is alleged to carry extra AI options, smoother efficiency, and a design overhaul. 

Followers of the model globally now get the most effective of it 

I believe that this transfer is a superb transfer by Vivo. This fashion, customers of Vivo smartphones internationally get to get pleasure from the identical high quality, refinement, and person expertise that folks in Vivo’s residence market have loved to this point. 

I’ve by no means personally been a fan of regional splits, be it software program and {hardware}, as I imagine a product needs to be the identical top-quality all over the world, so kudos to Vivo for making this transformation. 

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