iQOO confirms 4-year OS and 5-year security updates for upcoming flagship

NEW DELHI: iQOO, the high-performance smartphone brand, which was one of the first in India to roll out Android 15-based Funtouch OS 15, has unveiled additional OS features that will be seen in its upcoming flagship, iQOO 13, launching on December 3rd. Smooth, seamless and efficient, Funtouch OS 15 offers a considerable upgrade compared to Funtouch OS 14, with the longest-ever support of 4 years of Android and 5 years of security updates, a slew of AI features, and a clean interface for a truly personalized mobile experience.

FunTouch OS 15 boasts of the AI Photo Enhance feature, an intuitive AI algorithm that automatically analyses photo content and intelligently adjusts parameters such as brightness, contrast, colour saturation, and white balance to enhance the overall quality of the photo. The Instant Text feature allows users to easily Extract, Copy and Share Text content from any image whereas Instant Cutout helps to cut out & Create instantly by easily extracting a subject from an image and separating it from its background. 

The AI Photo enhance allows users to automatically enhance photo quality and AI Super document removes shadows from documents using AI-powered tools. With Circle To Search users can simply circle the content they are interested in and immediately receive relevant search results. Screen Translation helps instantly translate screen content and AI Translation during Calls translates phone calls in real-time, to your desired language. 
LIVE Transcribe feature converts and displays speech into text and supports over 80 online languages and dialects, as well as 9 offline languages and dialects. 

The Smart Scheduling feature allocates computing power to foreground processes, resulting in a 15% increase in average app opening speed while Memory Enhancement Technology saves space and increases compression speed by 40%. Smooth Touch ensures a consistent experience with over 700+ touch scenarios optimized based on extensive usability research. 

Funtouch OS 15 enables full UI customization with over 3,800+ design elements, including live and static wallpapers, new fingerprint unlock animations, themes and Always On Display.  Users can further personalise their experience by setting local videos as live wallpapers and choosing a call background from 5 different options. Icon personalisation is also enhanced with different icon styles, showing or hiding icon names with Show Icon Name switch and new Home Screen Clock Widgets. 

Additionally, the upgraded Ultra Game Mode UI introduces Touch Sampling adjustment, Network switch setting, Game Small Window feature and the FPS meter introduced.