Wednesday, June 28, 2017

OnePlus says the OnePlus 3 and OnePlus 3T will get Android O before the end of 2017

Now that the OnePlus has launched and is available for purchase, what happens to the OnePlus 3 and OnePlus 3T? It’s a natural question. And if we go according to publicly available information, then only last month OnePlus confirmed that the OnePlus 3 and OnePlus 3T will receive the must awaited Android O update.

Although the company didn’t give a exact timeframe of the roll out for updates, OnePlus has now revealed that users will receive the Android O update for the OnePlus 3 and OnePlus 3T by end of this year. The revelation was made by a OnePlus employee during a Reddit AMA session.

The OnePlus 3 and OnePlus 3T smartphones were both launched in 2016. As far as OnePlus 3 and OnePlus 3T users go, they will have to wait for Google to launch the final version of Android O, which is expected to be sometime during late summer. Currently, Android O is available only as Developer Preview release and is compatible only with Google-branded smartphones. OnePlus will not be rolling out the same update for OnePlus 2 users.

It’s highly unlikely that the OnePlus smartphones will be among the first wave of devices to receive Android O update, but hopefully, users will not have to wait for longer. That being said, OnePlus’ latest flagship smartphone OnePlus 5 runs Android 7.1.1 Nougat out-of-the-box, so it’s extremely likely that the smartphone will also be getting Android O within this year.

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The OnePlus 5 just yesterday received its first major update after launching worldwide. The update, OxygenOS v4.5.2, comes with several bug fixes and focuses on optimization of the smartphone. The update fixes issues related to app installation and system update. It also improves the camera performance whereas there has been improvements to Bluetooth, Network and System. According to the change log, the update also improves compatibility with the third party apps.

Meanwhile, the OnePlus 3 and OnePlus 3T users received OxygenOS 4.1.5 update earlier this month. The update comes with minor improvements and tweaks to UI. It also includes bug fixes such as issues related VoLTE, third party file managers and more.