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Vivo Announces OriginOS 6 India Launch Date Ahead of Upcoming Flagship Smartphones

Vivo Announces OriginOS 6 India Launch Date Ahead of Upcoming Flagship Smartphones

Vivo recently announced that the Android 16-based Origin OS 6 will replace the Funtouch OS 15 user interface.

Written by Dhruv Raghav, Edited by David Delima | Updated: 26 September 2025 14:19 IST

Vivo Announces OriginOS 6 India Launch Date Ahead of Upcoming Flagship Smartphones

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Origin OS 6 skin is built on top of Android 16

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Highlights

Origin OS 6 is expected to bring a redesigned user interface
Upcoming Vivo and iQOO flagships might run Origin OS 6
Older iQOO and Vivo devices could receive an OTA update

Vivo will unveil Origin OS 6, which is based on Android 16, in the middle of October, the company announced on Friday. The announcement comes days after iQOO India CEO Nipun Marya revealed that the new user interface will soon replace Funtouch OS 15 on the company's smartphones in India. Both Vivo and iQOO smartphones feature the former's modern Origin OS skin in China. In India and other markets, the handsets ship with the older FuntouchOS interface instead, after OriginOS was introduced in 2020. Moreover, the new Android 16-based skin might bring major design overhauls and enhanced smoothness.

Origin OS 6 Launch Date Set for October-Mid

According to a press release, Vivo will unveil its new Android 16-based Origin OS 6 on October 15. On top of this, iQOO India's DGM of Product Management, Shankar Singh, in a community post on the company website, announced that the beta version of Origin OS 6 will be released soon for developers. This will help the company get feedback on the redesigned user interface, while also giving them the opportunity to fix bugs and other issues before it is launched to the public.

The executive of the Vivo sub-brand also claims that the Android 16-based Origin OS 6 update will offer a “smoother, smarter, and more personal” experience. This signals that the upcoming user interface will bring several redesigned elements, new features, and improvements in terms of the fluidity of the user interface.

Vivo, the Chinese smartphone maker, recently confirmed that the upcoming Vivo X300 Pro and Vivo X300 will be the first smartphones that will run Android 16-based Origin OS 6 out of the box. The tech firm has also confirmed that the Origin OS 6 features and redesigned elements will be first showcased in China on October 10, five days before its unveiling in India.

Apart from the design changes and new features, the Origin OS 6 update will also change the nomenclature used by the country for Android skins. Until now, Vivo and iQOO smartphones in India have run Funtouch OS in India out of the box. However, this will no longer be the case. The move also brings brand uniformity across markets for the tech giant, as it already uses the name “Origin OS” in China.

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Further reading: Origin OS, Origin OS 6, Android 16, Funtouch OS 16, Vivo, iQOO, Origin OS in India

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Dhruv Raghav is currently working as a Senior Sub Editor at Gadgets360. He has previously covered the North American financial markets as a Headline News Correspondent for a major news agency. After taking a sabbatical to prepare for the Civil Services examination, he returned to journalism to cover tech policy, with a special focus on AI laws and online gaming regulation. Now, he is back in Gadgets360 to write features and edit stories. To unwind, he likes to spend time with his PS5, listening ...More