[OPPO Reno8 (Reno 8)] Redribbon26:
Continuing from Part 1.

3. Best ColorOS Features

There are so many personalization features in Reno8 5G, and these are the ones that I like and useful to me.

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[Lock Screen Magazine]

I will have a different beautiful image to look at every time I need to unlock my phone. For me, it’s like having a surprise. Also, I can access some news and information related to the image and I don’t need to unlock the phone to access it. If I want to, I can add my own photos to the carousel wallpapers.	[Always on Display]

It is interesting that I can add text and image to it. I can put a reminder for other people not to touch or play with my phone

[Google Lens in Camera and Photo Gallery]

Another awesome feature embedded in phone’s camera and photo gallery. As we know, we use google lens to find information on something from an image. Usually, I will need to access the Lens app and work from there. But this time, the Lens icon has already inside the camera and photo gallery. So, I just view the photo from the gallery and press Lens icon, VOILA! The information related to the photo is there. Efficient! Love this!

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in Camera app​

In Photo gallery​

Result and tools to search further​

In terms of

productivity

, these are really helpful :

[Multi-screen connect]

It provides seamless connectivity between my laptop and phone, no more cables needed. Moving my files is as easy as select, drag and drop. I can control my phone from my laptop too.

Since Reno8 5G doesn’t have an SD card slot, at certain period, I will need to move some of my files from phone to laptop.

(in Windows 10, drag and drop might not work, so after files are selected from the phone, click send and choose multi-screen connect)

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[One-handed mode]

There are instances that I have one hand occupied. And, at the same time, I need to respond to urgent text or access other function. This feature comes very handy to that situation.	[Flexible windows – mini mode]

This is useful when I need to work on two apps at the same time	[Raise to wake]

I just raise my phone and it automatically brings me to the lock screen. No double tap or pressing side button.	[Partial Screenshot]

Before this, I need to crop the full screenshot image if I want to use partial of it. With this feature, I can skip one step. Effective!

I am glad to know that OPPO goes beyond to provide

security

and protect the

privacy

of smartphone user. Enable these features are a must!

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[Pseudo base station blocking]

In Singapore, we have DNC (Do Not Call) service to block incoming calls and SMSs from tele-marketer, but it does not always work for fraudulent calls/SMSs from scammers. This feature will provide a shield by intercepting messages/calls from counterfeit numbers used by criminals. It is important for me to enable this feature because I am so tired receiving spam calls and messages.

[Require password to power off]​

This feature is very straightforward. If my phone gets stolen, I still have time to locate it	[Privacy Dashboard]

This is like a compilation of which app use what function related to permission given to the apps.

Sometimes I do random a check for location and camera.

I don’t want to see any app with no permission using these two functions.

If I want to change permission for certain app, it can be done from here as well.

Cool features that I am not using (for now) but it’s worth mentioning because they are so awesome and might be useful for me one day.

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[Smart notification hiding]

If you feel annoyed by your close one who likes to peep/check your phone when there’s notifications, this feature will save you. If the front camera detects someone other than phone owner is looking at the phone, the content of notification will be hidden. How cool is that?	[System cloner]

System cloner will create a separate system for certain app and a separate password is needed to access it. It’s like having 2 rooms with 2 keys in 1 place. I like to have this option, it might be useful for me one day.	[Retouch appearance in video calls]

I was intrigued when I found this in settings. When using video call, of course I want to be in my best look. And the Reno8 5G has a setting for that. Currently, it’s only working for Facebook Messenger. Hopefully, it will be extended to other apps, e.g. Zoom, WhatsApp, Instagram.

[Air Gestures]

This is actually a very awesome concept since scrolling through social media has been a part of daily activity. Scrolling without even touching the screen, that is what Air Gestures about. Front camera will detect your palm and flick your palm up or down to scroll.

Air Gestures experience has not been smooth for me. Sometimes the palm motion is not detected so I need to put it at a little odd angle for the camera to detect.

As I said before, this is a very awesome concept, but improvement is needed.

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4. Camera

To be continued in Part 3.