Oxygen OS 12 Open Beta 1 Announced for OnePlus 8, 8 Pro, 8T and 9R Smartphones

• For OnePlus 8 and 8 Pro users
• For OnePlus 8T users
• For OnePlus 9R users

Once you have downloaded it, here is how you can install the update.

1. Make sure you have downloaded the proper zip file on your phone
2. Copy the ROM upgrade package to the phone’s internal storage
3. Go to Settings -> System -> System Updates -> Click top-right icon -> Local upgrade -> Click on the installation package -> upgrade
4. System upgrade completed to 100%
5. After the upgrade is complete, click Restart and your device will boot with Android 12

Oxygen OS 12 Features

• Optimized home screen icons with improved textures with brand-new materials and uniting lights and layers
• Dark mode now supports three adjustable levels
• OnePlus’s -1 screen, Shelf gets new additional style options for cards, earphone control card, OnePlus Watch card
• Gallery now allows you to switch between different layouts with a two-finger pinch gesture

You can check out the complete changelog by heading to the link mentioned above. Before you proceed to update, be aware that some know issues with the update where some third-party apps haven’t been adapted to the latest Android version and may not function properly and the clock might be missing the dial display when the AOD feature is on.

In case you wish to come back to the regular stable update channel back from the Open Beta channel, you can go back, but you will lose all your data. If you stay in the Open Beta, you will get OTA updates for the upcoming Open Beta updates.