OnePlus recently made a promise that they will bring Android Oreo to their last year's flagships OnePlus 3 and 3T. Now it feels good to see that a company like OnePlus keeps up to its promise after a lot of arguments made on the OnePlus 2's Android Nougat update. A few weeks ago, there were reports that Android Oreo is being tested for the OnePlus 3 and 3T under a closed beta program. Now the company has officially released the Android 8.0 Oreo update as a part of Open Beta program for the OnePlus 3 and 3T.
The update can be downloaded from the official website of OnePlus. The update is available as Open Beta 16 for the 3T and the Open Beta 25 for the OnePlus 3. If you are not already on Open Beta, you will need to download the whole file which weighs around 1.4GB. However, if you are already on an older version of Open Beta, the OTA update will weigh at around 869MB. In case you want to know how to flash the Open Beta version on your stock OnePlus 3/3T, here is How to install OxygenOS Official Open Beta on your OnePlus 3/3T. Also, do keep in mind that as it is in Beta, it might contain bugs and issues.
Also Read: OnePlus 3T: Should you still consider this as your next smartphone?
Here is a list of changes brought by the latest Open Beta update
System
- Update to Android O (8.0)
- Added Picture in Picture
- Added Auto-fill
- Added Smart text selection
- New Quick Settings design
- Updated security patch to September
Launcher
- Added notification dots
- Now able to upload photos directly to Shot on OnePlus
Known issues of the first Android O Beta
- Fingerprint unlock may be a bit slow in some situations
- Shortcut to access Google Photos is unavailable
- Stability of NFC and Bluetooth need to be improved
- Performance and compatibility of 3rd party apps will be optimized continuously
- Complete device tree will be released after a week
The OnePlus Music app has been removed from this build.
- If you want to install it back, please download the apk file from here.
