After waiting for months, OnePlus 7 and OnePlus 7 Pro owners can now get to experience OxygenOS 11 based on Android 11. Today, OnePlus released an Open Beta 1 build for the two flagships.
The release of the open beta was announced on the official forums along with the changelog and steps on how to install it. The announcement comes two weeks after OnePlus released the OxygenOS 11 Open Beta build for the OnePlus Nord.
The update brings a redesigned user interface, optimizations to some third-party apps, an updated camera UI, new camera features, ambient display, dark mode, and a redesigned shelf. Below is the full changelog:
System
- Update to OxygenOS 11 version.
- Fresh new UI visual design brings you a more comfortable experience with various optimizations of details.
- Optimized the stability of some third-party applications and improved the experience.
Camera
- Updated the camera UI and optimized some of the function paths to offer a more convenient operation.
- Newly added HEVC codec to reduce video storage size seamlessly, capture and shoot more without compromising on quality.
- Newly added access to a third-party app to share the picture by pressing and holding it in preview.
- Newly added the quick access to recording mode by pressing and holding the shutter button and by sliding the button, you can easily zoom in or zoom out.
- Newly added the playback display in Time-lapse mode to show the actual filming time.
Ambient Display
- Newly added Insight clock style, a joint creation with Parsons School of Design. It will change according to the phone usage data ( To set: Settings > Customization > Clock Style).
- Newly added Canvas feature that can automatically draw a wireframe picture based on a lock screen photo on your phone（Path：Settings-Customization-Wallpaper-Canvas-Choose photo preview and it can be generated automatically).
- The Always-On-Display feature is under internal test and will be released in subsequent versions. In this build, you can use the “Ambient Display” by picking up your phone or tapping the screen, it can be turned on in the Settings.
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Dark Mode
- Added the shortcut key for Dark Mode, pull down the quick setting to enable.
- Supporting automatically turn on feature & customize time range. path: Settings > Display > Dark Mode > Turn on automatically – Automatically enable from sunset to sunrise / Custom time range.
Shelf
- New shelf interface design, the interface is clearer.
- Added weather widget, animation effect smarter.
Gallery
- Supporting Story function, automatically form weekly videos with photos and video in storage.
- Optimize the loading speed of the gallery, and the image preview is faster.
Since this is a beta build, there are bound to be issues and OnePlus has listed some of the known ones. It includes an increase in power consumption; the gallery app sometimes loading slowly and not displaying some images; audio Bluetooth devices occasionally not playing sounds, and a brightness adjustment lag in some scenarios.
The forum post also includes a guide on how to install the beta update as well as how to roll-back to a stable build. Do note that the latter will result in the erasure of your data, so make sure to backup your data.
For those who will rather wait for the stable update, we expect OnePlus to release it next month.
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