It’s the next major update to Vivo’s custom skin (OriginOS), based on Android 16.

Expected to officially launch on October 10, 2025 in China.

First devices to ship with it will include the Vivo X300 series and iQOO 15.

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Key Features & Changes

These are some of the new or improved things that have been announced or teased:

Feature   What’s new / improved

Design & UI overhaul   Uses Vivo’s “atomic design system”. Emphasis on “Light & Shadow Space” — more realistic lighting, shadows, spatial layout.

Control Center, Lockscreen clock, Animations   Redesigned control center. Customisable lock-screen clocks. New charging animations.

Smoothness / Performance   Better fluidity under load, more consistent performance over time.

New UX / “Comfort Engineering”   Vivo is marketing principles like Comfort Engineering: making interactions more “natural and intuitive”.

AI features   Things like “AI natural conversation”, Xiao V Memory 2.0, improved behavioural experience etc.

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Things Still Unclear / Open Questions

How well the English / non-Chinese localization will work (especially the AI parts) in imports or if OriginOS 6 comes global.

Whether devices outside China will get full OriginOS 6 or a version merged with / similar to Funtouch OS 16.

Specifics of battery life, updates/patch support, privacy/security enhancements have not been fully detailed in the leaks so far.