After releasing it to a couple of midrange smartphones, the brand now started expanding the December 2025 update to OnePlus 13, 13R, and 13s. Along with new security patches, the fresh maintenance update also adds many new functions and improvements to the OnePlus 13 series.
The update is currently live in India. It is dropped with the new OxygenOS version CPH2649_16.0.2.402(EX01), CPH2691_16.0.2.400(EX01), and CPH2723_16.0.2.400(EX01) for the OnePlus 13, 13R, and 13s, in order.
As per the given changelog, this new firmware adds several useful features. It adds storage cleanup tools to the Smart Sidebar for easier storage cleanup. The update brings the Neon filter to the Camera app to recreate the CineStill 800T film effect and enhanced atmospheric night portrait shots, and many new features can be seen in the changelog.
However, the changelogs for all of these devices are a little different. The update brings a host of new useful features, which you can check in the changelog below.
OnePlus 13 December update changelog
Effortless AI at every moment
- You can now launch storage cleanup tools directly from Smart Sidebar for easier storage cleanup.
Security & privacy
- You can now edit images and videos directly in Private Safe, without needing to unlock them.
- After you open the Phone Manager app, a pop-up will appear, prompting you to allow automatic blocklist updates over Wi-Fi and mobile data. If you allow this, the blocklist can be updated promptly, effectively improving detection success rates and protection efficiency.
Delight in details
- After resizing an app icon and adding commonly used shortcut icons, you can now drag-and-drop these shortcut icons to rearrange them.
- Adds a “Neon” filter to the Camera app that recreates the CineStill 800T film effect, enhancing atmospheric night portrait shots.
- Upgrades the XPAN mode UI in the Camera app to mimic the most immersive full panorama format camera. The preview screen has been updated visually, and you can now switch between the new and old skins. The development function has been upgraded, making every shutter tap feel significant. New sounds and haptic effects are triggered when you tap the shutter or switch film effects.
- The Camera app now supports XPAN watermarks.
- The filter in the Photos app now supports “Motion Photo”, “Screenshots & screen recordings”, and “Edited” options, making it easier to filter images and videos.
- You can now drag to resize app clone icons and add shortcuts.
- You can now stack 2×1 widgets on the Home screen, improving space utilization.
- Improves the activation of the “Circle to Search” feature. In gesture navigation, even if the gesture guide bar is hidden, you can launch the feature by touching and holding the area where the guide bar is usually located.
- Improves the thumbnail parsing method in the Photos app to speed up the display of thumbnails in the app.
- Integrates the December 2025 Android security patch to enhance system security.
December update changelog for OnePlus 13R
Effortless AI at every moment
- You can now launch storage cleanup tools directly from Smart Sidebar for easier storage cleanup.
Delight in details
- After resizing an app icon and adding commonly used shortcut icons, you can now drag-and-drop these shortcut icons to rearrange them.
- Adds a “Neon” filter to the Camera app that recreates the CineStill 800T film effect, enhancing atmospheric night portrait shots.
- The filter in the Photos app now supports “Motion Photo”, “Screenshots & screen recordings”, and “Edited” options, making it easier to filter images and videos.
- You can now drag to resize app clone icons and add shortcuts.
- You can now stack 2×1 widgets on the Home screen, improving space utilization.
- Improves the activation of the “Circle to Search” feature. In gesture navigation, even if the gesture guide bar is hidden, you can launch the feature by touching and holding the area where the guide bar is usually located.
- Improves the thumbnail parsing method in the Photos app to speed up the display of thumbnails in the app.
- Integrates the December 2025 Android security patch to enhance system security.
Security & privacy
- You can now edit images and videos directly in Private Safe, without needing to unlock them.
- After you open the Phone Manager app, a pop-up will appear, prompting you to allow automatic blocklist updates over Wi-Fi and mobile data. If you allow this, the blocklist can be updated promptly, effectively improving detection success rates and protection efficiency.
OnePlus 13s December update changelog
Effortless AI at every moment
- You can now launch storage cleanup tools directly from Smart Sidebar for easier storage cleanup.
Delight in details
- After resizing an app icon and adding commonly used shortcut icons, you can now drag-and-drop these shortcut icons to rearrange them.
- Adds a “Neon” filter to the Camera app that recreates the CineStill 800T film effect, enhancing atmospheric night portrait shots.
- The filter in the Photos app now supports “Motion Photo”, “Screenshots & screen recordings”, and “Edited” options, making it easier to filter images and videos.
- You can now drag to resize app clone icons and add shortcuts.
- You can now stack 2×1 widgets on the Home screen, improving space utilization.
- Improves the activation of the “Circle to Search” feature. In gesture navigation, even if the gesture guide bar is hidden, you can launch the feature by touching and holding the area where the guide bar is usually located.
- Improves the thumbnail parsing method in the Photos app to speed up the display of thumbnails in the app.
- Integrates the December 2025 Android security patch to enhance system security.
Security & privacy
- You can now edit images and videos directly in Private Safe, without needing to unlock them.
- After you open the Phone Manager app, a pop-up will appear, prompting you to allow automatic blocklist updates over Wi-Fi and mobile data. If you allow this, the blocklist can be updated promptly, effectively improving detection success rates and protection efficiency.
Moreover, in the next few days the update will also be available to download in other regions as well. As usual, firstly the company released new software to a small number of users and then rolled it out gradually. So the available time on every model in the same region may also have differences.
