Vivo is pushing a new OriginOS 7 build to the Chinese X300 Ultra, and the camera gets most of the attention.

The update, build PD2547C_A_17.1.13.4, redesigns the camera interface and adds a camera toolbox that pulls frequently used settings out of submenus. It also stabilises brightness during video recording, which is the sort of fix that sounds minor until you have watched a clip visibly step up and down in exposure as you pan across a room.

Beyond the camera, Vivo says it has reduced system power draw in specific scenarios. The practical result is meant to be better thermal behaviour and longer battery life, though Vivo has not quantified either, and nobody should expect a software update to transform a phone's endurance.

The download runs to roughly a gigabyte. If it has not reached your phone yet, Settings and then System Update will pull it manually.

This is the China build. Vivo is also rolling stable OriginOS 7 out to the X300 series in India, but that is a different package with a different build number and a much larger download. The changes described here apply to the Chinese X300 Ultra.

The wider OriginOS 7 camera rollout is staged across November and December, with older vivo and iQOO models receiving the features after the current X series. Worth keeping in mind that those phones get the same features rather than the same photographs. The interface changes travel; the sensors and lenses do not.