OnePlus Pad 2 is one of the first tablets to get Android 15, rolling out now

Ben Schoon | Nov 18 2024 - 1:10 pm PT

Following the OnePlus 12, the OnePlus Pad 2 is now getting its stable Android 15 update.

As announced on the OnePlus Community, Android 15 is now rolling out to the OnePlus Pad 2, the brand’s latest tablet. The OxygenOS 15 update brings updated animations and features, including split notifications & Quick Settings, “Live Alerts” that work like the Dynamic Island on iOS, and more.

Upgrades that are helpful on the larger screen size of the OnePlus Pad 2 include “new Floating Window gestures” such as the ability to open an app in a floating window by dragging down on an incoming notification. There’s also a new, optional 80% charge limit on the tablet.

OnePlus says this update is available now for EU, India, and global variants of the OnePlus Pad 2, but the Android 15 update won’t be available to users in North America, including the US, until sometime later this week.

The full changelog follows:

Changelog

Ultra animation effects

• Adds system-level swiping curve coverage for third-party apps, including WebView interfaces, ensuring a consistent scrolling experience throughout the system.

Luminous rendering effects

Redesigns Home screen icons which now feature new and improved icons with the most natural and comfortable proportions and colours for fuller and sharper visuals.

Redesigns a vast number of system function icons, ensuring greater visual consistency at a system level.

Optimises the rounded corner design by standardising its specifications and extending the application of a continuous curvature.

Live Alerts

Adds a new Live Alerts design that is focused on the visualisation of information, offering better information display efficiency. Live Alerts is also positioned in the centre, creating a more balanced display.

Optimises the way you interact with Live Alerts capsules – just tap a capsule and see it expand into a card. You can quickly switch between multiple live activities simply by swiping left or right on the capsules in the status bar, making it more efficient to view information.

Photo editing

Introduces globally reversible photo editing capability that remembers the settings for your previous edits so they can be applied to subsequent edits, keeping the creative flow uninterrupted.

Improves integration between Camera and filters, so filters that are applied to photos when taken can be edited, changed and removed later in Photos.

Floating Window and Split View

Introduces new Floating Window gestures: pulling down a notification banner to bring up a floating window, pulling down a floating window for full screen display, swiping up to close a floating window and swiping to a side to hide a floating window.

Notifications & Quick Settings

Adds the Split mode for the notification drawer and Quick Settings. Swipe down from the upper-left to open the notification drawer, swipe down from the upper-right for Quick Settings and swipe left or right to switch between them.

Redesigns Quick Settings with an optimised layout that offers more appealing and consistent visuals and more refined and rich animations.

Battery & charging

Introduces “Charging limit” to stop charging at 80% to extend battery lifespan and slow down degradation.

Introduces battery protection reminder to turn on Charging limit when your device is connected to a charger for too long.

Privacy protection

Improves Private Safe with the new categorised browsing features for images, videos and documents, making it easier to manage private data.

Introduces a new Home screen entry for hidden apps. You can tap the Hidden apps folder on the Home screen and verify your privacy password to see the apps.

Notably, this makes the OnePlus Pad 2 one of the first Android tablets to get an Android 15 update. Google’s Pixel Tablet was updated in October and there are some other tablets available with the update as well, such as Xiaomi Pad 7, but OnePlus is well ahead of the curve on this one.