Although quite late, keeping its promise, OnePlus has now started rolling out Android 9 Pie beta update for the OnePlus 3 and OnePlus 3T smartphones. This will be the third major Android release for the OnePlus 3-series smartphones.
Launched in 2016, OnePlus 3 and 3T were launched running Android 6.0.1 Marshmallow operating system out-of-the-box. In 2017, the devices received Android 7 Nougat update and further received Android Oreo update last year.
The new development comes as the China-based company has already guaranteed Android security updates for the phones till November 2019.
As the newly released update is the first beta update, you’ll need to install the Community Beta build manually by downloading the OTA ROM for the OnePlus 3 or the ROM for the OnePlus 3T. To install the update, place the downloaded file in the internal storage root folder and Open Settings -> System update -> Click top right setting icon and Choose Local update to update.
Further, the company has said that the phone’s boot loader should be locked before installing the ROM. It added that those who download the Community Beta build will get OTA update when the stable build is released. Those who are on the Open Beta will have to update the phone using the recovery, which will wipe the device’s data.
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While the stable version release date is not yet known, we are expecting the company to start rolling out Android Pie stable version for the OnePlus 3 and OnePlus 3T before the launch of its OnePlus 7 series smartphones next month.
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