OnePlus 12 and OnePlus Open are the top devices from the Chinese smartphone manufacturer. Users of these smartphones are now claiming that their smartphones offered to install “bloatware” apps. A user on These unwanted apps appear under the “From OnePlus” heading on the “Check additional apps” page upon startup. The problem has now been resolved by the company.
X user Gauraang Arora spotted a new screen titled “Check for additional apps” that appears during the OnePlus 12’s startup process. This screen shows the four Google Play apps that are preselected by default: LinkedIn, Policybazaar, Block Blast, and Candy Crush Saga. These programs ran under the title “From OnePlus”.
Android Authority recently tested the boot process in three regions and found that the Indian version of the OnePlus 12 running the latest Oxygen OS 14.0.610 has four pre-selected apps during installation. A third-party app is reportedly available in the US, but no pre-selected apps are available in the EU. Users can refuse to install the listed programs selected by default. However, it can bypass the installation process and add bloatware to your phone.
Additionally, three additional Meta apps were pre-installed in the release: Meta App Installer, Meta App Manager and Meta Services on OnePlus Open. All these meta apps were already included in the OnePlus 8 series and the brand was criticized for not being able to easily uninstall them from the phone.
The company added that it will keep OxygenOS bloatware free, but confirmed that the OnePlus Nord CE 4 comes with two apps pre-installed: Instagram and Agoda. It’s also easy to uninstall or remove apps, and the company works closely with app developers to improve the performance of OnePlus devices.
Well-known tipster X 1NormalUsername points out that even more bloatware is coming to the OnePlus 12 with the latest version of OxygenOS. Third-party apps such as Fitbit, Bubble Pop, Facebook, Amazon, Amazon Music, Amazon Prime Video, Zomato, Agoda and Swiggy are pre-installed or appear as APK shortcuts.
