OxygenOS 5.1.9 to Bring Google Lens Mode and Camera Improvements to OnePlus 6

OnePlus 6 along with the older OnePlus 5 and OnePlus 5T will receive the OxygenOS 5.1.9 update in the coming days. The most striking feature which accompanies this update is the Google Lens mode. The Google Lens mode will make use of the combined prowess of Google’s Artificial Intelligence, Augmented Reality and Search to deliver contextual suggestions and smart search results whenever users scan an object using the phone’s camera. The update will reach the three devices via the OTA method. Also, OnePlus 6 users will benefit more since the OxygenOS 5.1.9 update will bring some additional improvements in the camera of the phone which the OnePlus 5 and OnePlus 5T users will miss. OnePlus has clarified that the camera improvements in the OnePlus 6 will include better clarity, dynamic range, edge detection in Portrait mode and better accuracy and faster focusing.

OnePlus in its official forum post said “The integrated Google Lens Mode uses the phone camera to surface information about the objects through machine learning to provide more details and also provide relevant search tags. They can use the camera to: scan QR codes and use the image recognition tool to get more information about things like books, buildings, and works of art, by simply tapping on it.”

More About OnePlus 6
The flagship device by OnePlus sports a 6.28-inch full-HD+ (1080×2280 pixels) Full Optic AMOLED panel with an aspect ratio of 19:9. The phone sports a notch design and it packs the Qualcomm Snapdragon 845 SoC, accompanied by 6GB/ 8GB of RAM and 64GB/ 128GB/ 256GB of internal storage. The phone also packs a 3300mAh battery, with Dash Charge support (to be called Warp Charge in the UK). On the software front, the phone runs OxygenOS on top of Android 8.1 Oreo.

The OnePlus 6 also puts a lot of pricey phones to shame when it comes to the camera thanks to the dual rear setup which comprises of 16MP Sony IMX519 sensor as the primary lens with f/1.7 aperture and a 20MP secondary Sony IMX376K sensor with dual-LED flash. On the front side, the OnePlus 6 features a 16MP Sony IMX371 sensor with f/2.0 aperture. The phone also does not ditch the 3.5mm headphone jack. As for connectivity, the OnePlus 6 comes with 4G VoLTE, dual-band Wi-Fi 802.11ac, Bluetooth 5.0, GPS/ A-GPS and USB Type-C.