iQOO Z9s Update Started Rolling Out: Android 15 Features, FuntouchOS 15 Highlights, and More

• iQOO Z9s receives Android 15 and FuntouchOS 15 with exciting new features.
• Updates include improved system smoothness, memory management, and dynamic effects.
• Enhancements in security, multitasking, and personalization options boost user experience.

iQOO Z9s has officially started receiving the much-anticipated Android 15 update, paired with the new FuntouchOS 15. This upgrade follows closely on the heels of the iQOO Z9s Pro update and introduces several exciting features and enhancements that redefine user experience.

Weighing around 2.35GB, this update brings a host of upgrades, including better system optimization, enhanced multitasking capabilities, and a refreshed user interface. Rolling out in a phased manner, the stable version will soon be available for all devices. Users eager to explore the new features can also request the trial version for early access.

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iQOO Z9s Update Android 15

The iQOO Z9s Android 15 update introduces several advanced functionalities to elevate the smartphone’s performance:

Key Features of FuntouchOS 15 for iQOO Z9s:

System Enhancements:

• Priority Scheduling Algorithm: Optimized allocation of computing power ensures smoother performance.
• Rapid Dynamic Effects Engine: Delivers visually appealing dynamic effects for a seamless user experience.
• Memory Management: Enhanced memory compression improves multitasking and overall efficiency.
• Link to Windows: Enables smooth synchronization of notifications, calls, and files between your phone and PC.

UI and Personalization:

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• New Icon Styles: Rounded corners and options to hide app names for a clean look.
• Dynamic Wallpapers: Vibrant live wallpapers and video-based lock screen options.
• Customizable Widgets: Clock styles and world clock widgets for enhanced usability.

Gaming and Productivity:

• Ultra Game Mode: Quick access to multitasking while gaming, ensuring a distraction-free experience.
• Enhanced Multitasking Gestures: Switch between split-screen and small window modes with intuitive gestures.

Privacy and Security:

• Passkey Authentication: Offers a simpler and more secure alternative to traditional passwords.
• Screen Sharing Privacy: Advanced controls to protect sensitive notifications during screen mirroring.

Accessibility:

• Live Transcribe: Converts speech into on-screen text for better accessibility.
• Sound Notifications: Alerts users to important sounds in their surroundings.

System Animation and Visuals:

• Dynamic effects inspired by human interaction research create an immersive visual experience.
• Four new fingerprint animations add a touch of personalization while maintaining smooth transitions.

Media and Albums:

• Shadow Removal for Photos: Edit document images with ease to remove unwanted shadows.
• Memory Films: Automatically generate themed video clips from your cherished moments.

iQOO Z9s Update Changelog:

Accessibility

• Added Live Transcribe, which displays speech content in text format on the screen.
• Added sound notifications to remind users of important sounds in their surroundings.

Albums

• Added Cleanup suggestions to help you clean up unnecessary photos on your phone, such as duplicate photos, similar photos, and old screenshots and screen recordings. This helps you keep your albums well-organized.
• Added Memory Film, enabling the browsing of memories in the form of films. The feature intelligently pairs different music, effects, styles, and more based on the memory theme, allowing easy creation of personalized memory films.
• Added Shadow removal for documents, which enables easy removal of annoying shadows and restoration of the original appearance of the document. When viewing a photo, you can go to More > Super Documents > Shadow removal to configure settings.
• Optimized the AI tagging system with improved algorithm capabilities, supporting the tagging of various image categories such as people, pets, architecture, sports, art, and technology. It can accurately identify photos and intelligently classify them.

Dynamic Effects

• Added 4 fingerprint recognition animations, providing a rich selection for those seeking personalization, while also enhancing animation smoothness.

Home Screen

• Added Large folder to facilitate home screen app organization while providing quick access to apps, enhancing efficiency.
• Added new icon styles and rounded corner styles and added support for hiding app names, allowing icon styles and the home screen to blend in seamlessly.

Memory

• Added memory enhancement technology, which accurately classifies and manages memory, compresses memory to save space, improves memory usage efficiency, and enables smooth multitasking.

Multitasking

• Added switching gestures for split-screen and small window modes, allowing you to drag a split-screen to the middle of the screen to switch to a small window, and drag a small window to the edge of an app supporting split-screen to switch to split-screen mode.
• Optimized the startup gestures for split-screen and small window modes. You can swipe up from the bottom of the screen to the upper left or upper right corner to quickly enter split-screen or small window mode more easily when Full screen gesture navigation is used.

Notes

• Added more text editing tools, making it easier and more enjoyable to record ideas.
• Added a feature to export notes in Word format for easy sharing.

Security & Privacy

• Added Passkey, which offers a simpler and more secure authentication method compared to passwords. It also supports cross-device sign-in by scanning a code.
• Optimized partial screen sharing, allowing you to select a single app for screen sharing when using a third-party app for screen mirroring or screen recording to protect privacy.
• Optimized permission settings with restricted settings for apps downloaded through unofficial channels. This restricts the use of some important permissions to reduce the risk of harmful apps engaging in invasive behavior. To lift the restricted settings for an app, you can go to “App info” and tap the icon in the upper right corner and “Allow restricted settings” to configure the settings.
• Optimized screen sharing notification privacy protection by hiding notification details when using a third-party app for screen mirroring or screen recording to protect privacy.
• Optimized the fingerprint verification pop-up box to support the presentation of more information, enhancing usability.

Settings

• Enhanced the search scope and fuzzy search capability, making it easier to search for features within Settings.
• Optimized menu categorization and hierarchy, providing clearer and more logical layouts that make it easier to locate settings.

Smart Sidebar

• Added Screen translation, allowing you to quickly access Google Lens for translation via Smart sidebar, enabling quick translation of on-screen content.

S-Capture

• Added a three-finger gesture for area screenshot to enhance screenshot efficiency.
• Optimized the screen recording panel, supporting simultaneous writing while recording and quick settings.
• Optimized the screenshot editing page, adding support for more efficient tools to enhance editing efficiency.
• Fixed the issue where in multi-audio recording scenarios such as video conferences, the screen recording was unable to capture both the user’s voice and the other party’s voice simultaneously.

System

• Added a Link to Windows feature, which supports seamless access to notifications, calls, photos, and more on your computer, enhancing the synergy between your phone and your computer. You can use it by tapping Settings and going to More connections > Link to Windows.
• Added Priority Scheduling algorithm, which can finely differentiate the priority level and computing power requirements of different apps and tasks to accurately allocate computing power and improve system smoothness.
• Added Rapid dynamic effect engine, which is a dedicated channel opened for dynamic effects, enabling timely feedback about dynamic effects to improve visual smoothness.
• Added a feature to set local videos as live home screen and lock screen wallpapers, allowing you to bring a precious moment or an interesting clip to life on your home screen. When viewing a local video, you can go to More > Set as wallpaper, to configure settings.
• Optimized system dynamic effects with the new Origin animation that incorporates principles from human factors research and integrates the natural laws of the physical world into the dynamic effects design.
• Optimized the system’s public control and kit library and system icon library by establishing a systematic order for public controls within the system to create an intuitive and comfortable user experience.

Ultra Game Mode

• Added a quick entry to the small window app list, enabling one-tap access to small windows, allowing for seamless multitasking between gaming and social activities.

Wallpapers

• Added multiple sets of live immersive wallpapers, bringing vibrant and dynamic visuals to your home screen in every moment.
• Added multiple sets of static wallpapers with a variety of styles for you to choose from, enriching your screen with vibrant colors.

Widgets

• Added styles for 1 clock kit and 2 world clock kits, enriching the styles of clock kits on the home screen.

If you haven’t received the iQOO Z9s Android 15 update yet, head to Settings > Software Update to check for availability. Ensure you back up your data before installing the update to avoid any data loss.

The iQOO Z9s update brings transformative features like Android 15 and FuntouchOS 15, enhancing system performance, personalization, and usability. With improved multitasking gestures, gaming enhancements, and dynamic visuals, this update ensures a smooth and enriched user experience. Make sure to check your device settings to grab the update and enjoy the latest features.