OnePlus 5 and 5T will benefit from faster Android updates with Project Treble support

OnePlus managed to update its phones faster than the average provider of Android smartphones, but fans were disappointed to learn that the company would not bring Project Google's treble to its flagship 2017, the OnePlus 5 and 5T, but OnePlus has changed their minds and now says that Treble support will arrive The feature is being tested in the latest open beta update, coming soon s on all devices.

Google announced Project Treble before the launch of 8.0 Oreo last year. It is a modular approach to Android software that uses a separate vendor partition for all closed source drivers and binaries that operate the hardware of a phone. The Android software we interact with lives in a different partition that "plugs" into the provider layer.

The result of Treble is that OEMs do not need to update their hardware partners' code for every Android update – the vendor's partition is compatible before. This means faster updates longer in the future. All phones that start with Android 8.0 or later must be supported by Treble, but older phones do get Treble in an update only if the company wants to handle the hbadle. The OP5 and 5T both launched with Android Nougat.

Originally, OnePlus stated that it would not accept Treble support by OnePlus 5 and 5T because creating a partition for the provider's binaries in an update adds a risk of jostling the phone. However, it turns out that the OP5 and 5T already have an appropriate partition. Before Oreo, these phones had an empty partition that OnePlus will reuse for Treble.

Treble support is live in the latest Open Beta 13 (OP5) and Open Beta 11 (OP5T) .We are invited to install beta versions to see the latest features. At Treble, you get more accent colors, an updated weather app, an improved system user interface, and more.

OnePlus open beta is generally pretty stable, and it's less of a major commitment than beta software on other devices. You do not need to unlock the boot loader of your phone. on your phone, restart the recovery interface and install the update. You will get OTA updates for future releases. You can also install the non-beta version at any time to return to the regular update chain, but this requires a factory reset of the phone. As always, back up your data before you start using the beta software on your phone. It's just common sense.

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