OnePlus now uses ColorOS on its smartphones in China. Even in global markets, the company has started shipping the same software but continues to call it OxygenOS. Earlier this year, the brand announced that its older flagship phones will be upgraded to ColorOS in its home country. These devices are scheduled to receive the update in 2022. Ahead of that, the firm has now shared a rough timeline for Open Beta and Stable releases.

According to an official announcement post on OnePlus Community China, all the OnePlus flagship smartphones released in China in the last two years will be updated to ColorOS by the end of 2022.

OnePlus 8, OnePlus 8 Pro, and OnePlus 8T will be the first to receive the ColorOS Open Beta update in early 2022. The ColorOS Stable update for these handsets will be released in the first half of 2022. 

On the other hand, the ColorOS Open Beta update for OnePlus 7, OnePlus 7 Pro, OnePlus 7T, and OnePlus 7T Pro will be delivered in mid-2022. Whereas, the ColorOS Stable update will be made available in the second half of 2022.

OnePlus previously said that it could not upgrade these phones sooner because of various bugs. Hopefully, the company does not roll out a broken software next year.

Having said that, OnePlus does not mention the version of ColorOS these handsets will be receiving. Anyway, we believe that they will most likely get the upcoming ColorOS 12 based on Android 12.

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OnePlus switched to ColorOS for its smartphones in China with the launch of the OnePlus 9 series. The brand has also confirmed to update its older handsets to ColorOS from HydrogenOS. In fact, the company has already released early access builds for select models. That’s not all, recently, the brand even revealed when these handsets will be getting stable builds next year. A month later, the company’s CEO reaffirms the same schedule.

As of now, OnePlus has released ColorOS 11 Early Access update for the OnePlus 8, the OnePlus 8 Pro, and the OnePlus 8T. These smartphones received the builds in May.

Two months later in July, Jia Lan Shuai (加蓝帅), the Community Manager of OnePlus Community China, revealed that the trio will get the ColorOS stable update in 2022. Interestingly, he did not mention the version of ColorOS.

This suggests that these devices will be directly updated to the upcoming ColorOS 12 next year. Additionally, this could be the reason why the brand did not release ColorOS 11 Early Access builds for OnePlus 7, OnePlus 7 Pro, OnePlus 7T, OnePlus 7T Pro. These remaining four devices will also likely receive a direct upgrade to ColorOS 12 from HydrogenOS 11 sometime later in 2022.

Users of the eligible OnePlus phones have been enquiring about the ColorOS stable update on social media since the release of early access builds. 

Yesterday, Pete Lau, the CEO of OnePlus promoted the OnePlus 9 series on Weibo by sharing some camera samples. One of the netizens commented on this post asking when the OnPus 8T will receive ColorOS stable update. In a reply to this comment, the brand’s top exec re-iterated that it will be getting the update as per the previously shared schedule, which is in 2022.

Unsurprisingly, we also see multiple critical comments regarding the slower rollout of ColorOS. Even, we also consider OnePlus to be slower in this regard just like how it messed up OxygenOS update delivery lately.

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