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2 KEEP CUSTOMISING
The personalisation doesn’t
stop there. Go into settings, tap
on ‘Customisation’ and you can
choose between preset themes
or make a new one. This gives
you complete control over your
wallpaper, clock style and even
fingerprint-unlock animation.
If you want to overhaul the look
and feel of the menus, OnePlus
has you covered with custom
accent colours, and you can even
change the shape of the icons.5 BETA YOUR SHELF
On the left of the home screen
is OxygenOS’s ‘Shelf’, for quick
access to key features without
cluttering the display. The words
‘Never Settle’ headline it, but just
long-press the slogan to change
it to something more ‘you’. Then
tap the icon at the top right to
add or remove elements, from
a vehicle-finder for forgetful
parkers to a contacts list. The
Shelf also supports third-party
app widgets.1 FIND YOUR LOOK
When you first turn on the
OnePlus 7T, customisations
are seriously extensive thanks
to its OxygenOS interface.
Start by whacking in your Gmail
details and adding your face
and fingerprint data. Now the
good stuff: you can choose from
three screen modes depending
on how punchy or subdued you
want that lovely screen to look,
and decide whether to use the
OnePlus font over Google’s.4 GET UP CLOSE
With its triple camera, the 7T
is a versatile shooter that can
capture super-wide snaps or
get you closer to the action
with 2x optical zoom. To toggle
between these ranges, fire up
the camera app and tap on the
trees near the shutter button.
There’s also a mega-close-up
super-macro mode: tap the
flower icon and you can get as
close as 2.5cm from an object
for incredible levels of detail.3 SAVE YOUR PEEPERS
Plenty of phones pack a reading
mode, but the 7T has two. Pull
down from the top of the display,
then pull down again to expand
your quick settings. Swipe from
right to left and you’ll see a
‘Reading mode’ option. Tap
on it to choose ‘Chromatic effect’
or ‘Mono effect’. Night mode,
also found in the quick settings,
filters out 40% of the screen’s
blue light for sleep-friendly
late-night reading.6 PUT IT DOWN
OnePlus has run with the idea
of digital wellbeing by creating
Zen mode. This deactivates
most of your phone’s features
so you can look up and smell
the roses. Find it under quick
settings, pick a duration, and
now you won’t be able to do
anything on your phone other
than take calls, make emergency
calls or use the camera – and
it can’t be deactivated until the
timer’s up.N
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REAL RACING 3
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