OnePlus announces two years of software updates and one year of maintenance for its line-up
“All of OnePlus smartphones from OnePlus 3 and up will receive an additional year of Android security updates”
Outside of Google’s own Pixel line-up, there has always been an ambiguity over software support for Android smartphones, even for major brands like Samsung. Therefore, if someone wanted to get the peace of mind knowing their smartphone will be future-proofed as far as software support is concerned, they either had to pick a Pixel or Android One/Go smartphone. However, OnePlus has now pulled a ‘Google’ and announced that all its existing smartphones will be receiving two years of software updates from the brand.
While the brand has always been on top of its game when it comes to software updates, there was no clarity over how long its smartphones are supported, until now. According to the OnePlus announcement, OnePlus 3 (review), OnePlus 3T (review), OnePlus 5 (review), OnePlus 5T (review) and the OnePlus 6 (review) will continue to receive new features, major software upgrades and Android security patch updates every two months for two years from the date of launch. Post two years, OnePlus will push out security updates every two months for an additional one year.
The brand has announced that this schedule will be effective starting immediately and the launch date of the ‘T’ variants will be considered. However, OnePlus 3 and 3T users are in for a disappointment, as the brand has announced it will push out regular OTA updates for these two till November this year and post that they will only receive security updates as they go into the third year of their launch. The brand also announced that OnePlus users are in for more exciting news about Android version updates in coming weeks, which could be the Android P.
We will bring you more updates on OnePlus’s Android P-based Oxygen OS update as and when the brand rolls it out.
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