Older OnePlus models will not receive these features of the OxygenOS

As with other manufacturers, too OnePlus has its own interface, one OXYGEN which has always been very popular. Also because new features are often added to the proprietary ROM, enriching it with more or less useful details and features. This does not mean, however, that these options arrive on all smartphones that are present in circulation. Although OnePlus is the Android brand that produces the least variety of Apple-style models, it happens that the old terminals are left behind. The reason may be hardware, not having specifications that can support the news at best, or even marketing, pushing users to buy the latest models.

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OnePlus breaks some old promises by not bringing some features of the OxygenOS to older models

OnePlus 6 / 6T

Let's start with the most recent OnePlus 6 and 6T, for which the DC Dimming was released within the OxygenOS Open Beta 2315. This happened in July 2019, but there have been no more news since then: what is the state of things? In addition to the closure of the Beta program for the two smartphones, DC Dimming will not be released permanently due to problems with hardware incompatibility.

OnePlus 5 / 5T

Going further back in time, the pair made up of OnePlus 5 and 5T should have received one of the innovations incorporated in the OxygenOS with the OnePlus 7 series. I refer to the function of RAM Boost, with which the software understands which apps you use most and gives them a priority in memory management, in order to keep them in the background and start them more quickly. One year after the announcement on the official forum, the company confirmed that even in this case there are problems with hardware incompatibility.

OnePlus 3 / 3T

We conclude with the top of the range of 2016, or OnePlus 3 and 3T. L'identification of calling numbers it was introduced with OnePlus 6 and 6T and should have also arrived on 3 and 3T with the update to Android 9 Pie. This was not the case and the company confirmed that the function will not be released on the two smartphones, these being out of the years in which the software support of the OxygenOS is guaranteed.