OnePlus has released an update to the OxygenOS platform that brings Android Oreo to the OnePlus 5. The update comes a little earlier than expected as the company had indicated the update would be in early 2018. But, after months of testing in their beta channel, it appears the company is ahead of schedule and has released a little early.
The actual roll out of the update to the OnePlus 5 began yesterday but, as OnePlus typically does, it went to only a small percentage of customers yesterday and will gradually expand out to the entire customer base over the course of the next few days. The update is 1.5GB in size so you will want to make sure you download it via WiFi and install it with at least 80% of your battery remaining unless you are connected to AC.
The change log on this update is massive and brings Oreo, the December Android Security Update and multiple other new features or improvements to the phone.
Here is the complete change log from the OnePlus community announcement of the release of Oxygen 5.0
- Updated to Android O (8.0)
- Launcher
- Optimizations for Shelf
- Now you can upload your photo through Shot on OnePlus
- Camera
- New Camera UI design
- Optimizations for photo quality
- Added beauty effect for Portrait Mode
- Gallery
- Added “Places” tab for viewing photos on a map
- Calculator
- Added history feature
- Clock
- Added alarm calendar feature
- System
- Added Parallel Apps feature
- New design for Quick Settings
- New design for Lift up display
- Added “Adaptive model” screen calibration
- Optimizations for Wi-Fi
- Optimizations for Battery Saver
- Updated Android security patch to December
If you absolutely cannot wait for the OTA to come to your OnePlus 5, there is a link on the community page (linked above) where you can download the OTA itself and side load it yourself. Or you can just wait a few days and have it come to your phone automatically.
