#Oxygen OS 5.0/#Android 8.0 Oreo OTA Update For #Oneplus 5 Is Rolling Out

Merry (early) Christmas, OnePlus 5 owners. Oxygen OS 5.0 is now out of beta for the OnePlus 5. Not only do you get to enjoy a holiday taste of Android 8.0 Oreo, but this update also includes the latest security patches for December. The OTA is incrementally rolling out now so it could be a while before you see it, though. 

OnePlus announced the news at around 10AM today (though the thread on OnePlus' forums has a publication date of Friday the 22nd, the announcement didn't actually go up until today). The update clocks in at around 1587MB, so maybe connect to Wi-Fi before downloading it. 

Outside the update to Android 8.0 Oreo, the other changes included in the OTA are smaller, and we've covered most of the features individually in previous updates. You can check out our coverage for the Gallery update, recent camera tweaks, and Parallel Apps if you'd like to see more.

Historically, you can trigger OnePlus updates early by VPNing to specific markets the company uses for testing.

Based on some reports posted to reddit, this OnePlus 5 update may be the same sort of Nougat-Oreo mishmash that the OnePlus 3/3T was updated to. If that's true, it means some things like the settings app, some hardware binaries, and the version of Play Services installed are older Nougat versions for some unknown reason.

On the OnePlus 3 and 3T, this faux-Oreo software has resulted in battery, performance, and stability problems for some, including me. That could explain why the update was later pulled. If Oxygen OS for the OnePlus 5 has the same strange mixture of Oreo and Nougat on it, we hope it doesn't result in the same sort of problems.

Source:AndroidPolice

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