Vivo Funtouch OS 14 based on Android 14 announced: features, supported Vivo and iQOO phones

Highlights
  • Funtouch OS 14 launched with around 12 new features classified under five categories.
  • Vivo X90 series and iQOO 11 will be the first to get the Funtouch OS 14 update.
  • There are about 32 Vivo phones and 16 iQOO phones eligible for this update.

Vivo has announced Funtouch OS 14 based on Android 14. It will be available for a list of Vivo and iQOO phones in India. We have that list but first, let’s learn about the new Funtouch OS 14 features, and as per the company, there are five focus areas for this Funtouch OS 14 update, viz., Personalisation, Productivity, Multi-tasking, Smoothness, and Privacy. Let’s see what each of them entails.

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Funtouch OS 14 features 

Personalisation

  • You can customise the lockscreen clock in three layouts, eight fonts, and with smart colour selection.
Funtouch OS 14 features
  • From the built-in Theme Store, you can download and use 90+ Always-On Display styles.
  •  If you have dual SIMs on your phone, you can assign different ringtones for each of them.

Productivity

  • Finer video editing tools like 25 new filters and original quality export, even in up to 4K resolution at 60 FPS.
  • Improved video playback with options like controlling video playback speed, option to set loop, fullscreen playback and also capture screenshots from the video.

Multitasking

  • Enhanced multitasking with up to 12 app instances in floating Mini Windows. You also get a side-swipe suspension option, and the ability to move the windows across the screen. 
Funtouch OS 14 mini window

Smoothness

  • RAM Saver will ensure faster app start-ups by releasing up to 600MB of space.
  • Extended RAM 3.0 lets you have up to 36 apps active in the background on a 12GB RAM phone or up to 27 apps on an 8GB RAM phone.
  • App Retainer retains apps in the memory so that you can continue from where you left off.
  • Motion Blur, in this context, refers to the improved animation speed by 18.7 per cent at a 60Hz refresh rate during app switching.

Privacy

  • App Hiding and protect them using passwords as the barrier to entry. This is supported by Googe apps too.
  • Notifications don’t appear while you mirror screens to a bigger monitor.

List of iQOO and Vivo phones eligible for the Funtouch OS 14 update

Initially, both Vivo and iQOO will be releasing beta updates which will be followed by stable updates.

Funtouch OS 14 supported Vivo phones

Rollout TimelineModels
Mid-Oct 2023Vivo X90, X90 Pro
Mid-Nov 2023Vivo X80 Pro
Mid-Dec 2023Vivo X80, V29, V29 Pro, V27, V27 Pro
Mid- Jan 2024Vivo X70 series, V29e, V25, V25 Pro, T2 Pro 5G, Y100
Mid-Feb 2024Vivo T2 5G, T2x 5G, T1, T1 5G, T1 Pro 5G, Y100A, Y56
Mid-Mar 2024Vivo V23 5G, V23 Pro, V23e 5G
Mid-Apr 2024Vivo X60 series, Y75 5G
Mid-May 2024Vivo Y35, Y36

Funtouch OS 14 supported iQOO phones

Rollout TimelineModels
Oct 2023iQOO 11
Nov 2023iQOO 9 Pro, 9T
Dec 2023iQOO 9, 9SE, Neo 7, Neo 7 Pro
Jan 2024iQOO 7 Legend, Z7, Z7 Pro
Feb 2024iQOO Z7s, 7, Neo 6, Z6, Z6 5G
Apr 2024iQOO Z6 Lite

Key Specs

iQOO 11 5G
Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 | 8 GBProcessor
6.78 inches (17.22 cm) Display
50 MP + 13 MP + 8 MPRear camera
16 MPSelfie camera
5000 mAh Battery
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Review Summary

Expert Rating
8.0/10

Design
★  
8.0
/10
Display
★  
8.0
/10
Software
★  
7.0
/10
Camera
★  
7.0
/10
Performance
★  
8.5
/10
Battery
★  
7.5
/10

Pros

  • Excellent performance
  • Capable display 
  • Superfast 120W charging speeds
  • Decent cameras

Cons

  • Telephoto sensor could be better
  • Bloatware
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