UPDATE 2: February 25, 2022
- OxygenOS 12 Open Beta 1
OnePlus 8, 8 Pro, and 8T devices are now getting the OxygenOS 12 Open Beta 1. Check the complete changelog below.
Key updates
- System
- Optimized desktop icons with improved textures, by using a design inspired by brand-new materials and uniting lights and layers
- Dark mode
- Dark mode now supports three adjustable levels, bringing a more personalized and comfortable user experience
- Shelf
- New additional style options for Cards, making data contents more visual and easier to read
- Newly added Earphone Control Card with Bluetooth earphone one-click adjustment
- Newly added access to OnePlus Scout in Shelf, allowing you to search multiple contents on your phone, including Apps, Settings, Media Data, etc
- Newly added OnePlus Watch Card in Shelf, to easily glance at your health stats
- Work Life Balance
- Work Life Balance feature is now available to all users, allowing you to effortlessly switch between Work and Life mode via quick settings
- WLB 2.0 now supports automatic Work/Life mode switching, based on specific locations, Wi-Fi network, and time, also bringing customized App notification profiles according to the personalization
- Gallery
- Gallery now allows you to switch between different layouts with a two-finger pinch gesture, intelligently recognizing the best-quality pictures, and cropping the thumbnail based on the content, making the gallery layout more pleasing
- Canvas AOD
- Canvas AOD brings you new diverse styles of lines and colors, for a more personalized lock screen experience with inspiring visuals
- Newly added multiple brushes and strokes and support for color adjustment
- Optimized software algorithm and improved face recognition to better identify the features and skin color of different figures
Known issues
- Some third-party apps haven’t been adapted to the latest Android version and may not function properly
- The clock might be missing the dial display when the AOD feature is on
If you want to download the latest beta, just check the given information below.
Ready to get started on the Open Beta 1?
Want to go back to Android 11? Download the Rollback package from the links below:
- Download links for OnePlus 8 rollback packages:
- Download links for OnePlus 8 Pro rollback packages:
- Download links for OnePlus 8T rollback packages:
UPDATE 1: January 16, 2022
- ColorOS 12 public beta
OnePlus 8 and 8T device owners are now able to apply for the ColorOS 12 public beta program in China.
Required version:
- OnePlus 8: Hydrogen OS 11.0.14.14.IN21
- OnePlus 8 Pro: Hydrogen OS 11.0.14.14.IN11
You can fill this form to apply for the public beta program.
Original Article: November 12, 2021
After the OxygenOS 12 Open Beta update for the OnePlus 9 devices, the company has now announced the Android 12 closed beta program for the OnePlus 8 series and OnePlus 8T. OnePlus is currently looking for OnePlus 8/8T series users to experience OxygenOS 12 before anyone else.
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The company has recently started the OxygenOS 12 closed beta program for the OnePlus 9R.
What is a Closed Beta Program?
The Closed Beta Program offers us an opportunity to listen to your feedback and refine or revise our product strategy based on it. To let all 8 series and 8T users use OOS12 stable MP (official) builds as soon as possible, we adopted a new CBT strategy. Different from the previous long-term CBT, it will be a short-term Closed Beta Project, focused on improving the upcoming major release.
The Closed Beta Group is the closest group to OnePlus staff. This group is made up of an elite crew of OnePlus community members. This group requires absolute secrecy. If someone exposes the unstable CBT package, and others download it out of curiosity, it may cause serious malfunctions of their OnePlus phones. Therefore, we ask our participants not to secretly share the CBT installation package or any content related to the internal beta with people outside the project team. You are required to sign an NDA (Non-Disclosure Agreement) with OnePlus to be a member of this program.
For this round, we will invite 200 people with a OnePlus 8T and 200 people with a OnePlus 8 / 8 Pro to attend this Closed Beta Program who accord with our requirements. We will prepare some gifts for the chosen users who participate into the CBT with excellent performances. Also worth noticing, this program will sometimes require flashing builds that require a clean flash, which means it will cause data loss. So it is highly recommended that you remember to save all your data all the time.
In order to be eligible, you need to meet the requirements below:
- You are using a OnePlus 8 series or OnePlus 8T device
- You are an active OnePlus Community member
- You are willing to regularly communicate and provide feedback to the OnePlus team on Telegram
- The CBT version is not the official version, which is still in developing and testing. After updating to the CBT version, please be patient and tolerate its instability and accept all risks which might be caused by it
If you meet these requirements? Go ahead – Apply here.
