OnePlus 3 and 3T get Android Pie with a Community Beta update

Sagar, 18 April 2019

OnePlus confirmed Android Pie for its 2016 smartphones OnePlus 3 and 3T last July. Fast forward to March this year, the company started recruiting testers for beta version of Pie. And then earlier this month, OnePlus released Android Pie beta for its Chinese users. Well now, this update has been extended to users outside China.

OnePlus has announced a Community Beta update which brings Android Pie to OnePlus 3 and 3T with new UI, latest security patch, Gaming Mode 3.0, and more. You can check out the full change-log below.

Updated system to Android 9 Pie
Brand new UI for Android Pie
Updated Android security patch to 2019.4
New Do Not Disturb mode with adjustable settings
Added text notification mode in Gaming Mode
Added notification for 3rd party calls in Gaming Mode
Deep integration with Google Duo
Integrated Google Lens mode in Camera

Unlike the Open Beta builds, this Community Beta build won't be rolled out over-the-air so you will have to download the files by heading over to the source link below and flash it manually.

Besides, you might want to stay away from trying this update right now if you use your OnePlus 3/3T as a daily driver, because these builds may contain bugs that could hamper the user experience.

There's no word on when the stable build will hit these phones, but once it's released by OnePlus, users on Community Build will receive an OTA.

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Reader comments

xXENDER FREAKXx
20 Apr 2019
vjs

Unless Google makes a move by bumping up the requirements stated in their software update policy, there's still a high chance that the rest will still stick to what they're providing now to be honest

Whackcar
18 Apr 2019
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This is great. The final stable release will probably come out by the end of May or Start of June. Hopefully OnePlus will continue to provide 3 OS updates for all their phones going forward. Then perhaps others would get inspired to do the same.