Oppo N1 CyanogenMod phone launches December 24th with Google’s blessing

Oppo’s announcement of a CyanogenMod custom Android version of the N1 was great news for performance phone fans, but who wants to sideload apps? Luckily, the new handset and CyanogenMod 10.2 combo has just cleared Google’s compatibility test suite gauntlet, meaning it’ll officially get Google’s Play Store to install apps.

The first device running CyanogenMod out of the box, the popular and custom Android firmware developed by Cyanogen Inc, has been approved by Google and will go on sale December 24, CyanogenMod developer Koushik Dutta announced in a Google+ update today. The Oppo N1 CyanogenMod 10.2 has officially passed Google’s compatibility test — or what is known as the CTS and CDD certification programs, CyanogenMod head moderator and community staff Abhisek Devkota says in a Google Groups update, as spotted first by Engadget.