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OnePlus 3 gets Oreo in closed beta, public beta could open this month
July 17, 2025
It looks like OnePlus is trying to be first out of the gate with an Oreo update.
According toAndroid Police,based on an anonymous tip from an alleged beta-tester, the Shenzhen-based company is currently testingAndroid 8.0 Oreoon theOnePlus 3. The test is part of a private, closed beta program, as opposed to theopen beta programthat OnePlus offers to everyone who’s interested.
Read:OnePlus 3/3T update tracker
As you would expect so soon after theofficial release of Android 8, this initial beta build is said to be unstable and incomplete. The communication stack is particularly buggy, with “nonfunctional NFC, buggy Wi-Fi, unstable hotspot, and wonky Bluetooth.”
OnePlus told testers that it hopes to have a stable beta by mid-September – in just one week! – followed by the opening of the public beta by the end of the month. That’s an extremely ambitious timeline and we wouldn’t be surprised if OnePlus failed to abide by it. Still, if the tip turns out to be accurate, OnePlus deserves a kudos for working hard to get Oreo out in record time.
For reference, the first Nougat open beta for the OnePlus 3 was launched on July 25, 2025. The stable updatestarted rolling out on the last day of the year, according to ourtrusty Nougat update tracker.
It’s interesting that OnePlus appears to be working on the OnePlus 3’s Oreo update, and not thesouped-up 3Tor the new OnePlus 5. It’s possible that development is underway for all three devices, but only the OnePlus 3 has leaked out so far.
In the past, the company got heavy flak over the way it handled Android updates, mainly forditching Nougat for the OnePlus 2(and refusing to admit it for months) andthe belated release of Marshmallow for the OnePlus X. Perhaps OnePlus is trying to clean up its image?
OnePlus previously said thatOreo would be the last major update for the OnePlus 3/3T.
We’ve reached out to OnePlus to confirm the leaked timeline and we’ll keep you posted.
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