Elsewhere,
OnePlus says the update improves Wi - Fi stability, something that's been an ongoing issue with the OP5, as well as fixes a display issue with the company's new system font.
Not exact matches
The
OnePlus 6 will get the notch - hiding tweak in a software
update after release, Lau
says, which again indicates the imminent arrival of his company's next flagship phone.
OnePlus released a statement on its website
saying that it was looking into the issue and today in an
update, the company
said it's shutting down credit card payments on its site.
OnePlus says an Oreo
update will be available by the end of the year and HTC is promising an
update to the U11 and U11 Ultra by the early December.
Having
said that, this
update brings Face Unlock to the
OnePlus 3 and 3T, -LSB-...]
There's no need to worry though,
OnePlus has
said the Nougat
update for both the
OnePlus 3 and the
OnePlus 3T will be coming next month.
OnePlus said it'll deliver Android 8.0 Oreo to the
OnePlus 5 in early 2018, and the company is now rolling out the
update ahead of schedule.
That
said, a
OnePlus moderator writing about the Nougat
update in the forum as recently as the end of May seemed to think it was still being worked on, leaving the communication work up to another forum member.
As usual,
OnePlus says it's rolling out the
update incrementally, with the 4.5.0 set to make its way to the majority of devices over the next few days.
(
OnePlus says the
OnePlus 5T will get a beta
update for Android Oreo by December of this year, and the full OTA will roll out in early 2018.)
OnePlus says users should wait for sometime while the selected build is
updated to their phone.
OnePlus 3 and
OnePlus 3T are
said to receive Android Oreo
update within this year, but the company will soon start moving its Open Beta Program from the two phones to
OnePlus 5 after the release of the latest software upgrade.
Bug fixes are also in tow, with
OnePlus co-founder Carl Pei
saying that the
update includes touch latency improvements, one of the more common issues with the
OnePlus 3 / 3T.
Rather, the 3T builds off the success of the 3, offering a handful of key hardware and software
updates that
OnePlus says were «inspired by feedback from the active
OnePlus community.»
Well, we can surely
say that the
OnePlus 2 isn't going to get the
update.
Having
said that, this
update brings Face Unlock to the
OnePlus 3 and 3T, a highly - requested feature by
OnePlus» consumers.
The company
says that it wouldn't launch a new
update like this «without feedback from the community,» so the program will be available as a download in
OnePlus» forums.
OnePlus co-founder Carl Pei wrote on the forum
saying the team was working on
updates to the
OnePlus 5T camera.
OnePlus, however,
said that while it does not see the discovery as a major threat to security, it will address the concerns of users and fix the problem in an upcoming over-the-air
update.
OxygenOS 2.2.1 for the
OnePlus X is rolling out now, and
OnePlus says it will do its best to see that the
update gets «everyone covered as soon as possible.»
OnePlus has
said the Nougat
update will arrive before the end of the year, though the experience will still be different to that of the Pixel XL.
Report's
says that
OnePlus says that the customer service has been already told the users about no Android N
update for
OnePlus 2.
«Our goal for OxygenOS is to provide faster, more meaningful
updates and a better - integrated range of services for every
OnePlus user,»
said OnePlus» Carl Pei in a blog post.
«Admittedly, it took a little more time than we had planned, but we only release
updates that we are proud of, that means refusing to take shortcuts or deliver sub-par experiences,»
says Bradon H on the
OnePlus forum.
He adds that in addition to Pei's disappointing letters, Pei's promise to support the
OnePlus One with Oxygen OS for at least two whole years was never honored: he
says that the first community build was released back in January 2015, which means the
OnePlus One should have seen
updates until January 2017, but the last Oxygen OS
update happened in January 2016.
According to XDA - Developers,
OnePlus's global director Carl Pei
said that the face unlock feature would comes «in a future open beta
update.»
Meanwhile, we're still waiting on the first official Nougat
update for the
OnePlus 2, which
OnePlus has
said is still coming... eventually.
OnePlus co-founder Carl Pei
says that the
update with improved camera capabilities will hopefully roll out to
OnePlus 5T owners in early December.
When it comes to the
OnePlus 2, early indications stating the device would receive an
update — such as this one from an employee during a Reddit Ask Me Anything — have proven to be unreliable, and the company has
said the phone won't be
updated after all.
Releasing the
OnePlus 5T without Android Oreo is inexcusable, and
updating the
OnePlus 3 and
OnePlus 3T to Oreo before the
OnePlus 5 and 5T was strange, to
say the least.
Update, June 18: In a blog post,
OnePlus says that the
OnePlus 2 will cost more than $ 322, due, at least in part, to the higher price of the Snapdragon 810, compared to the 801.
This new
update was published on the company's official website, and the changelog
says that this
update is adding support for aptX HD on both the
OnePlus 3 and
OnePlus 3T.
On the
OnePlus forums, community manager David Y posted the company's full explanation why the phones have to be sent in,
saying that the
update can be delivered only through a physical connection to an authenticated PC.
For there is sweet
update goodness in the wings pretty soon,»
says OnePlus.
OnePlus says it's because of «security processes involved with
updating the devices,» but the exact reason it needs users to mail their phones in is because Widevine DRM needs (PDF) the components to be «installed in the factory or delivered to the device using an approved secure delivery mechanism,» as Android Police points out.
OnePlus says that the 5 has sold three times more than the 3T over the same period of time; although to be fair, the 3T was more of a incremental
update over the 3.
The Android Lollipop - based fork will allow
OnePlus to «provide faster, more meaningful
updates and a better - integrated range of services for every
OnePlus user,» the company
says in a blog post.
OnePlus said that Android 8.0 Oreo will be the last operating system
update for the
OnePlus 3 and
OnePlus 3T.
Update: OnePlus says it is halting the OTA update to investigate issues some are having while upgr
Update:
OnePlus says it is halting the OTA
update to investigate issues some are having while upgr
update to investigate issues some are having while upgrading.
OnePlus has already
said that it will push out an OTA (over-the-air)
update to bring
OnePlus 5T's Face Unlock feature to
OnePlus 5.
The problem has popped up numerous times as the
OnePlus team got uncharacteristically silent in the subject of software
updates except to
say that
OnePlus 3 and 3T will get the same software treatment after the Android Nougat
update.
«We have been in touch with the customer and have tested a software
update that has resolved the issue,»
OnePlus said (via Android Police).
Having
said that, this
update will not be made available to all
OnePlus 5 units immediately, as we're looking at a staged rollout here, but if you're eager to get it straight away, you can always install a VPN app from the Play Store and select «Canada» in the options, and the
update will be pushed to your phone straight away.
That's not to
say OnePlus won't «fix» this problem, but just that the company is much more focused on launching the Android 7.0 Nougat
update for its users.
OnePlus says that its over-the-air
update will be «incremental», reaching a small percentage of users initially, before a broader rollout begins «in a few days».
OnePlus is already
said to be looking in to issue and will be fixing with the future software
update.
OnePlus Global Director and co-founder has revealed the new schedule through a tweet which
says that the Android 5.0 Lollipop
update for the
OnePlus One smartphone will be available sometime in March.
Pei
says to think of this as «an early test run» where any bugs can be discovered and squashed, and following this, Face Unlock will make its way to all
OnePlus 5s as part of a public OTA
update.
The company's first device, the
OnePlus One, which runs Cyanogen OS, will be
updated to Marshmallow during the first quarter of 2016,
says company co-founder Carl Pei in a post on the company's forum.
OnePlus previously
said that the firmware
update would be made available for the handset but never actually gave a timeframe for its arrival.