OnePlus had earlier stated that the OnePlus 3 was going to get an Android Nougat beta update by the end of November, not wanting to break their promise, they released the update shortly before the end of yesterday which was literally the end of November.

The update will bring the OnePlus 3 from Android Marshmallow up to Android Nougat. The official changelog is below:

• multi-window view
• a new notification design
• a new settings menu
• custom DPI support
• notification direct reply
• improved shelf customization,
• status bar icon options
• and quick launch for 3rd party applications.

There have also been some reported issues, which means if you can’t live with them, you would have to wait till the stable variant comes out later this month. The issues are:

• Android pay not working correctly
• stability and performance issues
• incompatibility with TWRP, so you’ll have to use stock recovery
• inability to directly downgrade back to Marshmallow builds, although the customer service team has a special build of Android M that will format your phone when you downgrade.

There is a chance that more bugs will be noticed but if you are willing to serve a greater good by helping to test out the update, please do grab the update so that you can relay your feedback to the team before the stable version  is out.

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The update will have to be manually downloaded  and flashed via adb sideload for those already running open beta releases. Just head to the OnePlus Forum or directly to the download page. File size is 1.3GB.

Source: AndroidPolice

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It’s been a couple of months since Google released its latest version of android and based on the latest fragmentation report, Nougat is available on only 0.3% of android devices, which is pretty sad.

However a few manufacturers are already releasing beta updates for select devices before a final release is rolled out. One of those manufacturers is Xiaomi as there is already an Android 7.0 beta page on the MIUI forum for Xiaomi Mi 5. The page which is for recruiting beta testers for the new update is still not accessible to most users but one important detail gotten is that the beta update may be our first look at MIUI 9.

While this is good news for those who own the Mi 5, it is a sign that Nougat may only be available to other Xiaomi flagships like the Mi 5s, Mi Note 2, and Xiaomi Mi Mix while the other mid-range devices will remain on older versions of android, although they might get updated to MIUI 9.

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This is not surprising as it will be near impossible for a company that churns out so many phones like Xiaomi to update all their devices to the latest version of android, which is what is causing the fragmentation problem in the first place.

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