TheOnePlus 11isn’t a perfect phone. But its few compromises and reasonable price, and awesome battery life earn it a spot on ourtop Android smartphoneslist. If you’re the proud owner of a OnePlus 11, there are a few OxygenOS settings you’ll want to change as soon as possible. Our editors' suggested changes will make app notifications more reliable, enhance your privacy, and help you get more out of your phone. This guide will walk you through the seven settings tweaks we believe OnePlus 11 owners should deal with on day one.
1Tweak the battery settings on your OnePlus 11 to avoid missed or delayed notifications
OnePlus' smartphone software has evolved over the years, but one of the things that haven’t changed is how the phone optimizes apps in the background. Often, this leaves you with delayed and, in many cases, missed notifications. It’s necessary to keep certain critical apps running in the background, and there are a couple of ways to do that.
you may also allow background activity specifically for a few apps so that the phone knows it isn’t supposed to kill them.
Finally, for your most important apps, say the one you use for medicine reminders, you’re able to lock it in the recent apps screen. Here’s how:
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2Get the most out of your OnePlus 11’s gorgeous display by changing the screen resolution to QHD+
The OnePlus 11 has a beautiful (and massive) QHD+ display, but it’s set to the lower FHD+ resolution by default. But when you have the option, why not use the better resolution for sharper on-screen content? The best part is that you don’t have to worry about the battery life taking a hit. The OnePlus 11 is a battery champ, and you can get to the end of the day even with the display set to QHD+.
3Create more storage space by removing the bloatware on your OnePlus 11
Even though OxygenOS shares its codebase with ColorOS and Realme UI, it’s light on bloatware. The only unnecessary apps you will find preloaded are first-party tools, like OnePlus Community, Clone Phone, and Netflix. Ifyou closed your Netflix accountor transferred your data to your new OnePlus 11 using the Clone Phone app, you can uninstall or disable these apps to keep them out of sight.
You canuse our handy guide to identify the bloatware, such as duplicates (there are two calculator apps from Google and OnePlus), and delete them from your OnePlus 11 with just a couple of taps.
4Change your standard app icons to match your home screen wallpaper
A visual perk ofAndroid 13is its themed icons for all apps (as long as the individual app developers support them). The OnePlus 11 comes preloaded with Android 13, and you might as well flick on themed icons to have the uniform, themed experience. Plus, the app icons will match your phone’s wallpaper on the home screen and in the app drawer. This is how to enable them:
5Change your lock screen settings to keep personal notification details from popping up
There are a lot of spying eyes around you, and leaving your personal information exposed on the lock screen may not be ideal for your privacy. If your full text messages show up on the lock screen, anyone can glance at your private chats without unlocking the phone. you may prevent that and allow the full text to appear only after you unlock the phone.
6Enable OnePlus 11’s gestures to complete common tasks from your lock screen
OxygenOS has had some handy lock screen gestures for years that let you quickly turn on the flashlight or open the camera with intuitive gestures. This means you can draw an “O” on the screen to open the camera to instantly capture the moment without having to wake the phone.
Other than the two gestures to turn on the camera and the flashlight, you can double tap to lock and unlock the screen, which is handy when the phone is resting on a desk.
OnePlus offers additional gestures to interact with music playback and three customizable options to open a particular app or call someone directly.
7Remove the OnePlus shelf
OnePlus Shelf replaced the Google Discover page, which you access by swiping right on the homepage. Over the years, OnePlus has made a ton of changes to Shelf, and it now opens when you swipe down — a gesture many of us rely on to pull down the notification shade on our tall-screened phones. The OnePlus 11 lets you switch back to opening the notification drawer when you swipe down anywhere on the home screen.
Besides opening the notification drawer, you can switch to OnePlus' Global Search, which brings together app, web, and file search in a single place. A similar swipe-down gesture exists on iPhones to open the search box, so if you’reswitching from an iPhone to an Android, you’ll feel right at home with this.
Make the OnePlus 11 your own
OxygenOS may have changed from what it used to be until a couple of years ago, but it still holds its own. Over stock Android, the OnePlus 11 gets you a ton of customization features that come baked into the OS. From the first boot of the phone, you may personalize the features and settings to suit your taste and preferences, from how the app icons look to setting up handy gestures. As a complete package, OnePlus delivers a solid phone that checks a lot of boxes and comes with a fantastic price, which makes up for its minor limitations.
OnePlus 11
Although the design won’t be for everyone, the OnePlus 11 is the company’s best phone in years. It combines excellent specs, incredible battery life, and a competent camera system, all for just $700. While some enthusiasts might miss out on the fast wireless charging from last year’s OnePlus 10 Pro — and OxygenOS 13 remains a shell of its former self — this is a big step in the right direction for the company.
