OnePlus 3 and 3T OxygenOS beta update brings new features and improvements


OnePlus has started rolling out new OxygenOS open betas (Beta 14 for OnePlus 3T and Beta 23 for OnePlus 3) for the 3 and 3T phones that brings several new features including OnePlus watermark in camera, battery percentage in lift up display, improved Parallel apps, new E-warranty card, new Alarm calendar, improved location accuracy and several improvements and bug fixes. Check out the complete changelog below.

OnePlus 3 OxygenOS Open Beta 23

Camera:

  • Added Shot on OnePlus watermark
    • You can toggle the Shot on OnePlus watermark and add your name to all pictures taken in the main camera settings

System:

  • Redesigned lift up display UI
    • Now supports displaying battery percentage
  • Now supports hiding of notification content from apps locked by App locker
    • There is now a toggle that allows you to block notifications from apps that are in the App lock list
  • Improved stability of Parallel apps
  • Adjusted color display of default screen calibration
    • It now tends more towards sRGB calibration
  • Added E-warranty card
    • You can now find a version of your warranty card in “About phone > E-Warranty card”
  • Updated Android security patch level to August

Phone:

  • Added quick index bar in contacts UI
    • The contacts page/app now have an alphabetical bar on the right side for easy moving to certain groups of names
  • Improved experience of switching incoming calls
  • Improvements to suggested merges functionality

Gallery:

  • Loading speed of images improved

Weather:

  • Improved location accuracy
  • Improved the experience of searching cities

Clock:

  • New feature “Alarm calendar”
    • Can be used to set an irregular alarm schedule, once you set the time, you can activate this feature by hitting the 3 dot menu button to the right of “repeat”

The update is 85MB in size for both the 3 and 3T and comes with August Android Security update. If you’ve already flashed a previous Open Beta build, you will receive this update via OTA. If you haven’t, you will need to flash this manually by downloading it from downloads.oneplus.net.

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