Android Pie based OxygenOS Open Beta to roll out soon for OnePlus 5 and 5T users

Roughly ten days after **OnePlus 5** and OnePlus 5T users in China began **beta testing Android Pie 9.0** based HydrogenOS, OnePlus has now indicated that the Open Beta programme for global variants of the two phones is “almost out”. Asking users to wait on a little longer, a OnePlus representative in an announcement on its community forum page stated, “Some of you may have noticed that it has been 3 weeks since the last Open Beta build for OnePlus 5/5T. We’d like to shed some light that Pie for 5/5T is almost out for Open Beta.” [caption id=“attachment_4259149” align=“alignnone” width=“1280”] OnePlus 5T Star Wars Limited Edition. Image: tech2/ Sheldon Pinto[/caption] The statement was made primarily because the Open Beta programme provides users up to two beta updates every month but OnePlus is yet to release a single update in November. There wasn’t any ETA mentioned in the statement but the company is expected to roll out an update next week. A stable Android Pie update is expected to arrive sometime in December or early January. Based on the changes introduced in the Hydrogen OS update for Chinese users, there are a ton of changes expected to arrive for OnePlus 5 and 5T users. These include a revamped UI design, a new background control solution for better RAM management, full-screen gesture support for 5T users, a refresh Android P shutdown interface icon and a number of other smaller changes. OnePlus 3 and 3T users, who were also promised Android Pie are yet to hear from the company.