The OnePlus 13 showcased OnePlus’ first true efforts in augmenting its OxygenOS user experience with baked-in AI functionality, a basis on which the company has continued to iterate on. Now, however, OnePlus is ready to showcase its next-generation mobile-led AI features, centring on a new experience: AI Plus Mind.
At a closed event, OnePlus’ Director of OxygenOS and AI Strategy – Arthur Lam, spoke on where the company is taking its AI efforts next, in both the short term (with AI Plus Mind) and with regards to what users can expect from OnePlus devices going forward.
AI Plus Mind is the key new feature, marking the next stage in the company’s AI strategy. Operating in tandem with a new dedicated repository built into OxygenOS – called Mind Space – Plus Mind is designed to analyse screenshots, extract key information from them and offer users dynamic actions relevant to the information being captured.
In testing, Plus Mind extracted times, dates, locations, events and subjects, and offered up one-touch calendar entry creation for easy planning. Those who’ve tried Nothing’s Essential Space (available on the Phone (3a) and Phone (3a) Pro) will find Mind Space familiar, but OnePlus’ functionality looks more versatile from the outset.
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Mind Space also allows for the curation and grouping of captured screenshots into collections, with plans for this process to become automated, and its content indexed and searchable within OxygenOS’ AI Search functionality. Plus Mind also includes instant access to the screenshot or web page that it originally pulled data from, for greater context and easy access to source data.
While most users will be able to enjoy AI Plus Mind when it arrives on devices via an OTA software update in the coming months, the feature will debut on the OnePlus 13s, bound for key Asian markets, including India.
Those who’ve tried Nothing’s Essential Space will find Mind Space familiar, but OnePlus’ functionality looks more versatile from the outset
The 13s is the first of OnePlus’ phones to ditch the brand’s iconic three-stage alert slider, in favour of the new Plus Key – a programmable hardware button on the left side of the phone (not unlike the iPhone’s Action Button) that, by default, serves to capture screenshots and bring them into Mind Space, for instant processing by Plus Mind.
As for existing devices which lack the Plus Key, the same action will be made possible by way of a new three-finger swipe gesture on-screen.
OnePlus 13s with Plus Key and OnePlus 13 with Alert Slider
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Beyond Plus Mind, forthcoming OxygenOS AI functionality includes AI VoiceScribe – which allows for transcription, summarisation and translation of calls, recordings, video conferencing and videos, as well as AI Call Assistant (exclusive to India at launch) – which offers much of the same functionality but in real-time, during voice and video calls.
OnePlus is also consolidating common translation tools into a new AI Translation app, which will grant quick access to text, voice, on-screen and camera-based translation functionality, all under one roof.
Akin to Google’s Best Take feature, AI Best Face 2.0 is also set to arrive via a software update later in 2025, promising better group shots (up to 20 people) by ironing out common photographic faux pas, like subjects being captured mid-blink or whilst talking.
All of this new AI functionality is also going to be supported by the company’s PCC (Private Computing Cloud), intended to keep related tasks secure, whether they’re on or off-device.
Beyond AI Plus Mind
OnePlus’ existing AI toolbox and its dynamic context-aware implementation impressed when I first reviewed the OnePlus 13. Plus Mind looks like a meaningful and worthwhile addition to the company’s burgeoning mobile-first AI feature set.
The most obvious drawback is that, in the pursuit of privacy and security, OnePlus hasn’t yet figured out how to let you synchronise content captured, processed and stored within Mind Space to your other OnePlus devices (such as the OnePlus Pad 2) or a new OnePlus phone, when it comes time to upgrade.
Lam also spoke on what to expect from future OnePlus AI experiences, and it sounds like both more personalised and agentic AI is the name of the game.
While phase 1 (Mind Space, Plus Mind and the Plus Key) serves as a means to categorise information and memories for easier recall, in the future OnePlus is looking to integrate an LLM into the experience – mainstream examples such as DeepSeek, Gemini and GPT-4 were mentioned, but none have been chosen specifically. Its ultimate intention is to create more personalised results and experiences, tailored to your specific preferences.
It sounds like both more personalised and agentic AI is the name of the game
Phase 3 would further those traits, with better recommendations and suggestions, as well as deeper AI agent integration throughout OxygenOS, in the pursuit of a more proactive and automated user experience.
The question is, would you be willing to relinquish control of more of your digital life to the AI on your smartphone?
