OnePlus has officially ended software support for the OnePlus 6 and OnePlus 6T smartphones launched in 2018. Both smartphones are powered by the Qualcomm Snapdragon 845 SoC and received an Android OS update within three years of launch. Unlike the company’s OnePlus 7 and later smartphones, neither the OnePlus 6 nor the OnePlus 6T will receive the Android 12-based OxygenOS 12 update, nor will it receive the latest security patch.
In an announcement posted to the OnePlus forums, the company announced that it will end support for the OnePlus 6 and OnePlus 6T. “After 3 major updates and 3+ years of updates, around 60 closed betas and 30+ open betas now it’s time to close the chapter and announce the end of official software support for the OnePlus 6 and 6T,” a OnePlus employee wrote Road on the forum. This makes the previous update to OxygenOS 11.1.2.2 the final software update for both smartphones, which includes the November 2021 security patch as part of the update.
In July 2021, OnePlus announced that it would update its software maintenance program to provide three major Android updates, as well as four years of security updates for its high-end smartphones. However, the new policy only applies to the company’s OnePlus 8 and newer smartphones, so neither the OnePlus 6 nor 6T will receive the company’s fourth year of security updates, despite receiving three OS updates.
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