After speculation, teasers, and some inadvertent leaks from retailers, OnePlus has now confirmed that the OnePlus 8T will launch on October 14th in an online-only livestreamed event. While there is a ton of speculation about what to expect, the OnePlus 8T will no doubt prove to be the biggest update to the mainline OnePlus series since the OnePlus 7T hit shelves in late-2019. This time around…

While it was very much expected, OnePlus has now taken to social media to confirm that the OnePlus 8T 5G is now “coming soon.” Previous information had the OnePlus 8T 5G launch tipped for an October 14 launch date, which is now looking like it could end up being true — given this teaser from the Chinese Android OEM. In typical OnePlus fashion, no further information was given in the brief…

OnePlus has brought another one of it’s “stock” apps to the Google Play Store, this time it’s the turn of OnePlus Messages. The app listing has now popped up, with the SMS and MMS application joining the recent OnePlus Weather app in breaking free of OxygenOS updates. It still won’t work on non-OnePlus smartphones, but updates can now be had via the Play Store rather than system OTA…

Updates for the OnePlus 5 and 5T have really slowed since the — very welcome — release of Android 10 for the former flagship smartphones. OnePlus has now offered an explanation for the severe delays in regular patches and updates. Taking to the official OnePlus Forums, OxygenOS lead Gary C. blamed issues and bugs with the “communication module” for the backlog of updates that have not…