Latest OxygenOS Open Beta For OnePlus 3/3T & OnePlus 5/5T Brings May Security Patch, New Features To Launcher & More

Ahead of the launch of the OnePlus 6, OnePlus has released new OxygenOS Open Betas for the 3, 3T, 5 and 5T. The builds for the 5 and 5T are based on Android 8.1, while those of the 3 and 3T continue to be based on Android 8.0. OnePlus has promised to update the 3 and 3T to Oreo 8.1.

Apart from the difference in the Android version, the changelog is same for all the smartphones. The beta builds comprise of the May security patch, optimizations for OnePlus Switch, support for group multimedia messages, and new features for the OnePlus launcher. The changelog provided by OnePlus is given below.

Changelog

System
Updated Android security patch to May

Launcher
Added Toolbox Card in shelf
Added Hidded Space in app drawer
Added support for editing dynamic icons(weather,clock and calendar)

OnePlus Switch
Optimized user interface for backup & restore
Optimized logic for time remaining
General bug fixes and stability improvements

Messages
Added Group MMS

As always, existing beta users will be getting an update to the new Open Betas. If you would like to try out the OxygenOS Open Betas, you can do so by following the links given in the source. It's worth noting here that once you have moved to the beta builds, you will not get the stable updates. Switching back to the stable builds would require a wipe of the data partition.

Source: OnePlus forums, OxygenOS Open Beta 10 for OnePlus 5 (download link + installation instructions), OxygenOS Open Beta 8 for OnePlus 5T (download link + installation instructions), OxygenOS Open Beta 36 for OnePlus 3 (download link + installation instructions), OxygenOS Open Beta 27 for OnePlus 3T (download link + installation instructions)

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