April 21st, 2019 
Marty Figgs 
Even though the new phone is on the horizon, OnePlus is still pushing out Open Beta releases for its 2016 flagships. Versions 17 and 8 (for the 3 and 3T, respectively) both bring the same changes, of which there are quite a few. As always, here’s the changelog to accompany the updates.
New additions:
- Ambient display 2.0
- Lift up display
- Sharing functionality for Shot on OnePlus
- All new OnePlus Font (Available in English, Chinese, and Japanese only)
UI Improvements:
- Gallery v1.7
- Recorder v1.6
- Weather v1.7
- File Manager v1.7
- Other UI refinements
Optimizations:
- Enhanced launching speed of 3rd-party apps
- Optimized management of foreground and background processes
Other changes:
- Setup wizard adjusted to suit the style of Android 7.1
- Refined contact import process from SIM card, now supports dual numbers and an email address
- Automatically add corresponding country codes when making calls during roaming
- Updated Android Security Patch level to 1st May 2017
That’s a lot of stuff there, much more so than some previous Open Beta releases.
OnePlus releases a new Open Beta for the 3/3T, brings some additions, UI improvements, and more was written by the awesome team at Android Police.
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