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by abrouwers 1941 days ago
I'd love to believe that, but I'm a OnePlus owner who bought in with the "promise" of major OS updates for 2 years, and security for 3. My device (a 6T) crossed the 2 year mark in November, with no sign of Android 11 in sight. Between the M1 mac & android getting progressively worse, I've never been closer to abandoning Linux & Android.

EDIT: Android 11
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thargor 1941 days ago
Android 10 has been available for op6/op6t since 2019. I'm actually posting from an op6 with android 10.

Maybe you are talking about android 11?

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abrouwers 1941 days ago
Whoops, terrible typo! Yes, Android 11.
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koyote 1941 days ago
I'm in the same boat (same phone) but I don't really care anymore?

Back in the days of Android 1.5 to ~5 a new update meant a ton of new features and fixes. Now all we get are slight cosmetic tweaks that are not even always for the better.

My partner has a pixel which is on 11 and I don't see the difference when using her phone.

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hojjat12000 1941 days ago
I also have a Oneplus 6T and it has been running android 10 for a year now. It also receives security updates frequently.

If you are talking about android 11, it is also in the works. Maybe in a few months the first beta will come out. They have confirmed that 6T will receive the update though.

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abrouwers 1941 days ago
Sorry, typo - it should have said Android 11. I agree that it MIGHT happen at some point, but it's an example (IMO) of how bad the Android ecosystem is, compared to apple. This phone really makes me believe OnePlus is definitely more interested in the next, new hardware, rather than supporting their existing.
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