OnePlus 7 and OnePlus 7 Pro Series Won’t Get Any New Updates, Company Confirms

Once a market super hero, OnePlus recently rolled out the final OxygenOS 12 MP3 build for the OnePlus 7/7T series.

The business has announced that fresh updates will no longer be released for the OnePlus 7 and OnePlus 7T range of devices. The business reportedly modified a recent update notice for the OnePlus 7 and 7T series information on its community website instead of making the formal announcement in public.

The OnePlus 7 and 7T series smartphones received two Android OS upgrades and a year’s worth of security patches under OnePlus’ previous smartphone software update strategy. According to the company, the OxygenOS 12 MP3 build is the last software update for the OnePlus 7/7T series.

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The firm announced its plan to stop providing upgrades for the OnePlus 7 and OnePlus 7T series in a recent update to a forum thread (via My Smart Price). The post reads, “MP3 will be the last build for OnePlus 7/7 Pro, according to the maintenance schedule. Thank you all for your cooperation and attention to OnePlus.”

The OnePlus 7 and the OnePlus 7 Pro were the first two devices in the OnePlus 7 series to be released in May 2019. OxygenOS 9 was pre-installed on both smartphones. Similar to this, the OnePlus 7T series introduced two devices in October 2019: the OnePlus 7T and OnePlus 7T Pro. However, they were out of the box using OxygenOS 10.

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Users of the OnePlus 7 series reportedly experienced “a drop in performance, app crashes and UI lags as well as various other difficulties” after installing the OxygenOS 12 update, according to a DealnTech report published last month.

Users at the time noted that the update made auto brightness troublesome. Both network connectivity and signal reception had problems. Random call disconnections, greater standby consumption, and shorter battery life have all been reported.

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These were not inconsequential visual defects, and they hindered and interfered with the user experience because people cannot utilise multimedia or consume material if their connectivity is down. Additionally, some users have noticed crashes in the Gallery app.

Recently, OnePlus unveiled a new policy that would apply to upcoming flagship devices beginning in 2023. According to the manufacturer,’some’ of its upcoming flagship handsets will receive security updates for five years and major Android updates for four years. All handsets above the OnePlus 8 series would receive three significant Android updates and four years of security patches, the company declared in July 2021.