OnePlus releases Android Marshmallow based Oxygen OS 3.0 Beta for OnePlus 2

OnePlus has released Android Marshmallow to OnePlus 2 in the form of Oxygen OS 3.0 Beta. Note that this is not an official release an is not being rolled out OTA, instead you will have to manually flash it to OnePlus 2.

OnePlus says it is designed to be a "daily driver material community release 3.0". OnePlus wants OnePlus 2 users to test this build and report any issues before rolling out the final build OTA in the coming weeks.

Oxygen OS 3.0 brings several new features including new OnePlus camera UI, new wallpaper sticker, performance improvements, fingerprint performance improvemet and also includes Android security patch for March. 

OxygenOS 3.0 Marshmallow Update Change Log for OnePlus 2

• Android 6.0.1 Marshmallow upgrade
• New OnePlus Camera UI
  • UI has been cleaned up: swiping up/down now switches between photo/video, whereas HD/HDR and flash settings live in the top right corner
  • You can now change the aspect ratio and toggle grid view without going all the way to the settings
• New wallpaper picker
  • Easily preview and set both home screen and lock screen wallpaper in one place.
• Shelf UX has been improved
  • No more edit mode, long press boards to rearrange or remove
• General system performance improvements
  • Benchmarked 47% faster than OxygenOS 2.2.1 on key test scenarios
• Fingerprint performance improvement
  • Tested 45% faster than OxygenOS 2.2.1 on average
• Settings changes
  • Old app permissions are gone, say hi to new (native Android) app permissions.
  • Alert Slider has its own entry point with more customization options
  • Improved settings menu readability by changing the order a bit
• March security patches

The Oxygen OS 3.0 Beta can be downloaded from OnePlus website here, and have to be flashed manually. OnePlus has also given some instruction to the users, to keep in mind before installing the ROM on the OnePlus 2.

• We only support dirty flashing of this build using Oxygen recovery.
• Dirty flashing (that means flashing the update without wiping data or factory resetting first) requires OxygenOS 2.2.0 or higher.
• Factory reset is needed if you are using any other recovery or coming from any other ROM. We do not guarantee these cases to work properly.
• We ALWAYS recommend backing up all your important personal data before flashing.

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