At its grand event, Vivo NEXT 2026, held on October 6th, Vivo unveiled a range of devices across price points, such as the V80, S2 FE, and X Fold 6. At the event, the company also detailed the release of OriginOS 7 for India, Vivo’s newest custom skin built on Android 17. Set to arrive on multiple devices, including budget models, the software places heavy emphasis on refining the UI, adding new animation details, and improving multitasking capabilities.
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OriginOS 7 rollout schedule for India
Here’s when Vivo will start the rollout of OriginOS 7 in India for its eligible devices, which are mentioned below:
| Release phase | Devices |
| October end | Vivo X300, X300 Pro, X300 FE, X300 Ultra, X Fold 5 |
| Mid November | Vivo X200T , X200, X200 Pro, X200 FE |
| Mid December | Vivo X100 , X100 Pro, X Fold 3 Pro, V60e, V60, V70 FE, V70, V70 Elite |
| December end | Vivo V50, V50e |
| January end | Vivo T5 Pro, T5, T5x, T4 Ultra, T4 Pro, T4, T4R, T3 Ultra, Y51 Pro, V40, V40 Pro, S2 FE, S2 |
| February end | Vivo V30e, V30, V30 Pro, T4x, Y31 Pro, Y400, Y400 Pro |
Since the release timeline doesn’t explicitly mention the rollout dates, users will have to anticipate the update dropping during the allotted phase. As expected, Vivo’s current-generation flagships, the Vivo X300 series, will get the update first by the end of this month, while the X200 series will receive it next month. Since the newly released Vivo S2 FE doesn’t come with OriginOS 7 out of the box, it’ll bag the update towards the end of January.
What improvements and changes does OriginOS 7 offer
Upgraded Origin Design and Dynamic Translucent Material: Vivo has upgraded the Origin Design language introduced with OriginOS 6 by adding Dynamic Glow to various elements. As a result, touch elements bounce, stretch, and flow naturally with liquid dynamics tracking finger direction and speed. Then there’s a liquid, glass-like translucent material with three visual profiles: Real, Natural, and Soft. Users can make elements such as the quick settings panel, navigation bars, and buttons clearer or tinted based on their choice.
Interactive Lockscreen and homescreen: OriginOS 7 brings multiple lockscreen themes, such as Wiggle, Glint, and Pet Pals, that add distinct visual flair statically or through user input, such as screen interaction or tilting the phone. Then there’s the StickIt feature, which lets you add pre-defined or self-created stickers to the lockscreen or home screen.
Origin Workbench: Initially found on Vivo’s foldable smartphones and tablets on OriginOS 6, Origin Workbench is a desktop-grade multitasking workspace that lets you comfortably organise and run up to five active apps simultaneously on a single screen.
Upgraded Jovi: Like many brands, Vivo is upgrading its AI assistant, Jovi, to help users with their tasks. Instead of responding to simple commands, Jovi can now find information, read and dissect content from files, set scheduled tasks, and deliver consistent, relevant results.
Performance Boosts: With OriginOS 7, Vivo has redesigned computing, memory, and graphics architecture, providing 10 percent faster cold app launches and 11 percent faster page switching. The graphics rendering efficiency has been boosted by 14.4 percent, eliminating frame drops across system animations.
Memory has been optimised to deliver 60 percent greater memory reclamation and free up to 25 GB of storage space on a 256 GB drive.
Ecosystem improvements: Users can now seamlessly pair their Vivo or iQOO smartphone with Apple Watches to sync notifications and workout metrics into Origin Health. This will also enable displaying AirPods status (battery & spatial audio) directly within the Origin Island. Furthermore, Vivo has added iCloud integration that allows native file browsing inside the Vivo File Manager, while Vivo Office Kit handles screen handoffs with Mac, iPad, and Windows.
These ecosystem improvements let users stay on Vivo and iQOO smartphones even if they own a macOS-based device for professional work, without losing out to Apple iPhones.
Overall, OriginOS 7 is shaping up to be a major update that not only refines animations and UI interactivity, but also adds features like Atomic Workbench to handle multiple tasks at once. In addition, Jovi AI can take action on its own. On the customisation front, users can play around with the new lockscreen themes and stickers and build a lockscreen of their choice, while dark-theme icons may complement light-shaded wallpapers well.
