OnePlus is making a significant change to its mobile OS department to further improve the software efficiency and standardize the experience across its products. Following its recent merger with Oppo, the company will be integrating the codebase of OxygenOS and Oppo’s ColorOS in the coming days. As a result of this important change, the company is shifting to a new update schedule for its devices. It will ensure 3 years of major Android updates and 4 years of security updates for OnePlus flagship devices.
Following the integration, OnePlus will maintain an improved maintenance schedule for the lifecycle of its products. As a result, the OnePlus 8 series and newer devices will receive 3 major Android updates and 4 years of security updates. OnePlus users have been requesting this change for a long time, especially, after Samsung promised to deliver Android updates to various of its smartphone lineups for 4 years.
OxygenOS + ColorOS Integration: What It Means?
If you remember, earlier this year, when the OnePlus 9 series launched in China, CEO Pete Lau announced that the flagship series will ship with ColorOS 11 instead of HydrogenOS (the Chinese counterpart of OxygenOS) in its home country. Well, today’s announcement builds on that move.
