OnePlus 8T is the latest high-end smartphone from OnePlus. The brand has released multiple updates to this device ever since its release to fix a wide variety of bugs. Thankfully, this may end soon as the company has started recruiting Closed Beta testers.

For those unaware, OnePlus releases OxygenOS builds in three channels namely Closed Beta, Open Beta, and Stable. The latter two types of builds can be downloaded and installed by any user. Whereas, the former build is limited to select users.

The Chinese smartphone maker runs a Closed Beta program for all of its smartphones. This program includes a limited quantity of members. For instance, the brand has only allocated 200 seats for OnePlus 8T. Hence, if you are interested in this program, then make sure to register as soon as possible from OnePlus Community.

If you get selected, you will be working closely with OnePlus engineers. Hence, you will have to sign an NDA (Non-Disclosure Agreement) with the company.

That said, users part of this program play an important role in the development of future software builds. Because these users will be testing the new builds before they make it to the other two channels. And hence, their feedback will be crucial for bug fixes and new features.

Anyway, this initiative is not everyone’s cup of tea. Therefore, stay away from it if you don’t like countless bugs on your beloved OnePlus 8T smartphone.

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OnePlus is known for releasing OxygenOS builds in three different channels namely Closed Beta, Open Beta, and Stable. The latter two can be downloaded and installed by anyone but the former requires special access and the number of seats are limited. That said, after two months from its launch, OnePlus has finally announced the Closed Beta program for OnePlus Nord.

OnePlus Nord is the most hyped smartphone of 2020 for no apparent reason except for good marketing. It is just another random mid-range 5G handset with OnePlus branding. The software on this device is filled with bugs and therefore, the company has been seeding new builds since its release.

In fact, the software on OnePlus Nord is so terrible that some users are facing an automatic factory reset bug. Thankfully, the brand has now started recruiting OxygenOS Closed Beta testers for this phone. Under this program, we expect the company to work closely with the limited 200 users to fix all the issues.

Earlier this year, the Chinese smartphone maker reduced the frequency of OxygenOS releases. As per that, it will only release 2 Closed Beta builds for the OnePlus Nord and not 4 as it used to before the OnePlus 8 series.

Nevertheless, it’s better than nothing. We hope the brand to soon squash all the irritating bugs on the Nord.

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OxygenOS for OnePlus smartphones comes in three flavours – Closed Beta, Open Beta, and Stable. The company has been following it for 4 years. But now it has announced some changes in their release schedule.

OnePlus is set to recruit testers for OnePlus 8 and OnePlus 8 Pro OxygenOS Closed Beta builds very soon. Ahead of it, the company has announced that it has decided to reduce the number of releases for all the three flavours of OxygenOS.

Up until now, OnePlus used to release 4 Closed Beta builds and 2 Open Beta builds for all the supported devices. Whereas, stable builds are released every 1-2 months.

But from now onwards, the company will only release 2 Closed Beta builds and 1 Open Beta build per month for the eligible devices. However, it did not make any change in the stable release schedule since it is supposed to provide monthly security patches to all the users.

OnePlus’ explanation for this decision is that it will try to provide better bug-free builds in all three release channels. It believes it can achieve it by spending more time in optimizing them rather rushing to release more builds.

The main cause of this move is that more of its users are using Open Beta builds than ever before. So by reducing the frequency of beta releases, the company aims to address reported bugs and feedback to offer a better experience.

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