OnePlus 6T, 6, 5T and 5 OxygenOS beta update brings Parking location feature, April security patch and more


OnePlus has released new OxygenOS open beta updates for the OnePlus 6 (beta 16), 6T (beta 16), 5 (beta 30) and 5T (beta 28) that brings several improvements, including improved network speed display, support for quick reply in the notification bar in landscape mode, tutorial in shelf and more. It also adds new Parking location feature in the launcher.

Parking location service lets you location your vehicle which has been parked. This lets you mark the location using GPS. It doesn’t support indoor car parking, but you can keep the parking info by taking a photo, says the company.

The latest OxygenOS beta updates for the phone are about 160MB in size and also includes Android security patch for April 2019. If you had already flashed previous beta build, you will get an OTA update, otherwise you have to flash the full beta ROM from here. Check out the complete changelog below.

Changelog

  • System
    • Updated Android Security Patch to 2019.04
    • Improved network speed display
    • Supported shortcuts to access corresponding interfaces in Quick Settings
  • Quick reply in landscape
    • Supported quick reply in the notification bar
  • Launcher
    • Added tutorial in shelf
    • Added Parking location feature
    • Improved page Indicator to mirror Icon pack

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