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OnePlus 8 Pro and OnePlus 8 Android 11 Updates Rolling Out Now!

Kellen October 10, 2020 11

The big Android 11 update is now rolling out to the OnePlus 8 and OnePlus 8 Pro! After several previews and betas, OnePlus began pushing the update this weekend with OxygenOS 11 by its side. If you've missed our previous coverage of this massive update, here's...

OnePlus 8 Gets $100 Price Cut

Kellen September 25, 2020 5

The OnePlus 8T will arrive in a few weeks, so that has prompted OnePlus to permanently drop the price of the OnePlus 8 by $100. Gotta move those last few units, right? The OnePlus 8 now starts at $599 instead of $699, assuming you can find the $599 model in...

Android 11 Open Beta Released for OnePlus 8 Series

Kellen September 8, 2020 6

As a part of today's Android 11 release news, OnePlus has announced the first open beta of Android 11 for the OnePlus 8 and OnePlus 8 Pro. If you own either device, you can start testing Android 11 and the big changes to OxygenOS right now. The update is quite...

Verizon OnePlus 8, LG G5 and V60 All Receive August Security Patch

Tim August 28, 2020 2

Verizon is shipping out the August security patch to a host of devices this week, those devices including the OnePlus 8, LG G5, LG V20, and LG V60. While the G5 and V20 are solely getting the August patch, the changelogs for the OnePlus 8 and V60 list a few...

Video: OnePlus 8 Pro Android 11 First Look! Always-On Display is Here.

Kellen August 11, 2020 10

Once OnePlus dropped the Android 11 Developer Preview 3 files for the OnePlus 8 Pro and OnePlus 8 this morning, we didn't hesitate to flash them. Seeing OnePlus' implementation of an always-on display is something we've waited years for and will take the risk...

OnePlus Releases Android 11 Preview 3 With OxygenOS 11!

Kellen August 11, 2020 16

OnePlus has done it, we finally have an always-on display with one of their phones! Through the Android 11 Developer Preview 3 (OxygenOS 11) that they just released, we get a number of new items, but that's got to be the biggest. We've begged OnePlus to add...

OnePlus’ OxygenOS 11 Poised to Bring the New Features We’ve Been Waiting For

Kellen August 4, 2020 7

You may recall that tease from OnePlus CEO Pete Lau a week ago, where he hinted at his company (finally) introducing an always-on display feature with the update to Android 11. As it turns out, we may have a date for that reveal, and OnePlus may give us even...

OnePlus CEO Teases Always-On Display With Android 11

Kellen July 29, 2020 10

Every time I test a OnePlus phone, I come so close to falling in love, and then about a week in I get frustrated at one thing. I can't handle having to tap the display once or twice or pick it up, just to see the tiniest bits of info that every other phone...