OnePlus have been in the news lately due to the launch of their flagship OnePlus 5. The company launched the next flagship, but the users of the last year's flagship are still concerned about the updates. However, the company had previously confirmed that the OnePlus 3 and 3T will get an update to the next version of Android which currently being called as Android O. People are concerned about what is next, whether it will get any more updates or not. To clear the doubts of the people there was a QnA session of the company's forums.
During the QnA session, Oliver Z the company’s Head of Product answered some of the most asked questions. He clarified that there will be no major update for the 3 and 3T after the Android O update.
Oliver Z stated, “Android O is going to be the last Android version update we’ll release for OP3/3T. We’ll continue to release security patch updates for the foreseeable future, and offer support for individual application updates. After the OP3/3T have been updated to Android O, we’ll start moving the Open Beta Program from OP3/3T to OP5”.
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OnePlus 3 and 3T users currently have an option to enrol in the Open Beta program where they will receive updates frequently with new features and bug fixes. OnePlus 3 is currently on the OpenBeta 21, whereas the 3T is on OpenBeta 12 . Oliver also confirmed that the OpenBeta program will end once the Android O update is rolled out for the 3 and 3T. The latest OpenBeta update introduced parallel apps', a feature which allows users to use multiple accounts on social media applications like WhatsApp, Facebook and much more.
The OnePlus 3 and 3T were initially introduced with Android Marshmellow and got updated to the Android 7.1.1 Nougat eventually.
