Oneplus One: CM12.1 hands-on

Oneplus One running CM12.1 on top of Android 5.1

Finally after lots of CM12.1 nightly beta releases the CM team released the official CM12.1 OTA update for the Oneplus One.

The update is about 318MB in size and can require some time depending on the internet connection speed.

Just after installing the update you can notice the speed of the device feels increased and the app drawer as a new orientation i.e vertically scrolled. Have a look at the new app drawer:

The alphabets in the bottom row are for easily letting the user move over to the alphabet corresponding to the app they want to open.
For those who are not the fans of the above style can go back to normal page style by long pressing a blank space on the home screen and then clicking on the three dotted triangle and then selecting the option for page style.

Another element of surprise is the inclusion of Truedialer which has Truecaller embedded into the OS.

Now, getting information about the unknown call is so easy with the trucaller reach out-of-box.

Another noticeable feature can be found out in the Display and Lights Menu:

LiveDisplay:

This is another option that let's you tweak enough things related to display such as the display temperature.

LCD Density:

 

 

 This option is somewhat similar to the resolution option on your PC that lets the UI to appear smaller or biiger depending on the resolution you set.



Overall The OS update is worth the wait and also adds couple of awesome features and also fixes a major security issue of Android device in which a person could be able to take control on any Android Device by an MMS.