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OnePlus begins rolling out Android Pie beta for OnePlus 5/5T
August 11, 2025
The first Android Pie beta for theOnePlus 5and theOnePlus 5Thas begun to roll out in China. Screenshots shared on the OnePlus forums and spotted byPiunika Webshow the download comes in at more than 2GB and contains Hydrogen OS 9.0.
Only OnePlus phones in China use Hydrogen OS, which differs slightly from Oxygen OS that OnePlus uses in the rest of the world (the main difference being Hydrogen’s lack of Google apps). However, the fact OnePlus is rolling out the Hydrogen OS 9.0 beta to 5 and 5T devices suggests it probably isn’t too far from making Oxygen OS 9.0 available too.
To put the release into context, OnePlus released the Hydrogen OS 9.0 beta for the OnePlus 6 inmid-Augustand theOxygen OS betafor the same phone at the beginning of September. The stable version of Oxygen OS 9.0began to roll outjust over a month after the first Hydrogen OS beta rollout
It has long been thought that the OnePlus 5 and OnePlus 5T would get Android Pie by theend of the year. However, back in October, OnePlus CEO Pete Lausaidthe update was taking longer than expected. Assuming nothing goes wrong with the beta, it now seems pretty likely that OnePlus 5 and OnePlus 5T owners could be using the stable version of Android Pie by the end of the year as originally planned.
The stable version of Android Pie for theOnePlus 6came withfeaturessuch as gesture navigation, an upgraded “do not disturb” mode, and a new gaming mode. According to a translation of the changelog for the Hydrogen OS beta posted onXDA Developers, the Pie update for the older devices will have similar features, although the OnePlus 5 may not get the new full-screen gestures.
Next up:Android Pie update tracker: What we know so far
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