As scheduled, OnePlus has finally started recruiting ColorOS 12 (Android 12) beta testers for OnePlus 8, OnePlus 8 Pro, and OnePlus 8T in China. The registrations were supposed to go live today. However, the program kickstarted yesterday evening itself.

According to official announcement posts on OnePlus Community China, the first batch of registrations has already closed today at 3 PM (local time). The brand has not revealed when it will be recruiting more testers.

Unlike regular ColorOS beta registration, the one for the older OnePlus devices is different as they run HydrogenOS. Applicants have to fill a special questionnaire instead of going to the update section on their phones.

OnePlus says that the applications will be reviewed within 5 working days. Also, participants who get selected will receive the Android 12-based ColorOS 12 beta update via OTA within 3 working days from the selection result.

The company has also listed some of the issues persisting in this update. The brand states that ‘Face Unlock’ may fail, using non-original chargers may result in intermittent charging, the calendar widget is elongated, and the fast wireless charging icon is not displayed on the OnePlus 8 Pro.

There could be also several other bugs but it is up to testers to find and report them. Pete Lau had already talked about difficulties in migrating from HydrogenOS to ColorOS. So don’t expect a smooth ride, even for international variants, which will be updated to OxygenOS 12 based on the merged codebase of ColorOS and OxygenOS.

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After the launch of the OnePlus 9 series with ColorOS in China, the brand revealed its plans to update its older flagship smartphones to OPPO’s Android skin. The company even released ‘Early Access’ builds for certain models a few months back. At the beginning of this month, it also dropped the update schedule for eligible phones but did not explicitly mention the version of ColorOS. Now, one of the firm’s execs confirms that these handsets will be getting ColorOS 12.

Earlier today, the COO of OnePlus shared the ColorOS 12 release announcement post by the official Weibo account of ColorOS. To this, netizens replied that what’s the fuss when OnePlus 7, 7T, 8, and 8T series will be only getting ColorOS 11 update next year.

To one of these comments, the brand exec indirectly confirmed that OnePlus 7, OnePlus 7 Pro, OnePlus 7T, OnePlus 7T Pro, OnePlus 8, OnePlus 8 Pro, and OnePlus 8T will be updated directly to ColorOS 12. For those who want to know, his actual reply was ‘why upgrade to an older version?’

We also suggested the same when OnePlus shared the update timeline last week. Because all these phones are already running Android 11-based HydrogenOS 11. Hence, It does not make sense for the company to pour in resources to port ColorOS 11 with the same Android 11 base.

So this means the following OnePlus smartphones will get Android 12-based ColorOS 12 update during the following periods next year in China.

ColorOS 12 Open Beta

• Early 2022 
  • OnePlus 8
  • OnePlus 8 Pro
  • OnePlus 8T

• Mid 2022

  • OnePlus 7
  • OnePlus 7 Pro
  • OnePlus 7T
  • OnePlus 7T Pro

ColorOS 12 Stable

• H1 2022

  • OnePlus 8
  • OnePlus 8 Pro
  • OnePlus 8T

• H2 2022

  • OnePlus 7
  • OnePlus 7 Pro
  • OnePlus 7T
  • OnePlus 7T Pro

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