Late last year, OnePlus made their intriguing mindfulness-focused Zen Mode app a standalone option for those with compatible hardware. With OxygenOS 11, the Zen Mode 2.0 app was overhauled with the rest of the system UI but it was incompatible with older OnePlus hardware running Android 10 or below.
Now an update is letting older OnePlus devices running OxygenOS 10 (based upon Android 10) download and install Zen Mode 2.0 and gain the pretty substantial UI overhaul over the original builds (via XDA). It’s not just a visual overhaul, as the OxygenOS 11 Zen Mode build also brings several new features including a multi-person function that lets you pair with friends to steer clear of phone usage.
Think of Zen Mode 2.0 as a way to detox properly from your phone as rather than giving you app limits, it actually forces you to actively avoid using your OnePlus phone for a preset period.
The only downside is that if you have been unable to get Android 10 on your OnePlus device, you won’t be able to download and install Zen Mode 2.0 on your device. Either way, here’s the update changelog for the latest 2.0 build as per the Play Store:
WHAT’S NEW
Welcome to the newly designed Zen Mode!
1. Adding a variety of themes to bring you a more immersive meditation experience
2. You can create a room and invite your friends to join you to start a focus challenge together
3. Record daily Zen moments and review the journey of concentration
Author: Damien Wilde
Source: 9TO5Google
