A day after launching the faster, more expensive McLaren Edition of the OnePlus 6T, OnePlus has announced an Open Beta program that will bring Android Pie to the OnePlus 5 and 5T. Besides the bump to the latest version of Android, the OxygenOS Open Beta includes new navigational gestures, a new user interface, and the November security patch.
The changelog for the Android Pie Open Beta includes the following features:
System
- Updated system to Android™ 9.0 Pie™
- Brand new UI for Android Pie
- Brand new navigation gestures (this is only for 5T)
- Updated Android security patch to 2018.11
- Optimizations for background app process handling
Do Not Disturb mode
- New Do Not Disturb mode with adjustable settings
Communication
- UI Improvements for emergency rescue
- Optimized UI for speed dial and calling interface
- Now able to assign a specific SIM for a specific contact or group of contacts when using dual SIM
Parallel Apps
- Added support for more apps (Telegram, Discord, IMO, Uber, OLA) in parallel apps
Weather
- Now able to switch dynamically to your current location
- Display more suggestions when the search function is used
- Fixed an issue that prevented the app from refreshing when the location is changed
- Fixed an issue that resulted in some users being unable to find certain locations
If your OnePlus 5 or 5T is already running Open Beta firmware, it should receive a notification that the Android Pie OTA is ready to download and install. If your device is on the stable channel, you can download the Android Pie beta build from here although you'll need to manually flash the stable build if you wish to return to the stable channel.
Source: OnePlus
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