OnePlus is making significant changes with the release of the OnePlus 13s by replacing the traditional alert slider with a new customizable button called the “Plus Key.” This innovative button allows users to personalize its function, enabling actions such as switching sound modes, capturing images, or activating AI translation features. A key highlight is its integration with OnePlus’ AI Plus Mind, which efficiently organizes information—like dates and locations—rather than simply saving it chaotically in the photo gallery. The Plus Key represents a step forward in customizing smartphone experience.
Initially, this button will debut with the OnePlus 13s in India, introducing users to a more tailored interface. Unlike standard hardware buttons, the Plus Key provides flexibility and better usability by allowing users to select actions that suit their needs. In addition to the Plus Key, OnePlus is introducing a suite of AI-powered tools. Users in India can expect “AI VoiceScribe,” which will summarize and translate calls and meetings within apps.
Additionally, the OnePlus 13s will feature an “AI Call Assistant” for offering automatic call summaries and real-time translations during conversations. Alongside these new features, OnePlus is also enhancing its “AI Translation” app for streamlined text, voice, and visual translations. Furthermore, OnePlus is enhancing photo functionalities with tools like “AI Reframe,” which provides creative framing suggestions, and “AI Best Face 2.0,” capable of correcting closed eyes in group photos with multiple subjects, regardless of the device used. In a notable collaboration, OnePlus is integrating Google’s Gemini across its apps, promising a seamless AI experience.
OnePlus emphasizes that these new AI features focus on solving real issues, as opposed to mere marketing gimmicks. The advancements, particularly the Plus Key and AI Plus Mind, appear genuinely designed to improve user experience, although concerns about regional exclusivity remain.