Most Android update questions are about timing. This one is not. The OnePlus Android 17 update is the first in the company’s history that replaces the software itself, because OxygenOS is being retired and OnePlus phones are moving to OPPO’s ColorOS. If you bought a OnePlus specifically because of OxygenOS, that is the thing to understand before the update arrives rather than after.
The quick answer: OnePlus is retiring OxygenOS. Starting with Android 17, eligible phones get the option to move to ColorOS 17, OPPO’s software, as 9to5Google reported. It isn’t forced. You can stay on OxygenOS, and no device loses its update entitlement either way, so this is not a support cut, but the interface, default apps and feature set change for anyone who does move to ColorOS. No OnePlus phone has a stable Android 17 build yet, but that is no longer true of testing. OnePlus opened a closed ColorOS 17 beta for the OnePlus 15 and OnePlus 15R on 6 August 2026, limited to their Indian variant and 300 testers per device, with builds expected to start reaching approved testers around 11 to 13 August. Every other device stays at Expected, with a wider rollout still expected late in 2026 in batches. Expected eligible devices run from the OnePlus 11 forward, the Open and 15 and 13 and 12 families, the Nord 4 through Nord 6 lines and recent OnePlus Pad models. OnePlus has not published an official roadmap, so every device row below is Expected or Beta rather than Confirmed.
What is actually changing
OnePlus and OPPO have shared hardware and engineering for years, and OxygenOS and ColorOS have converged steadily over several releases. Android 17 is where the pretence ends. Rather than maintaining two skins over one codebase, eligible OnePlus devices get the option to move to ColorOS. It is not forced: OnePlus says users can choose to stay on OxygenOS, and devices outside the update scope keep receiving OxygenOS maintenance regardless.
The practical consequences fall into three buckets, and coverage elsewhere tends to blur them together.
- What does not change: your device’s update entitlement. OnePlus has said software support continues, so a phone promised four Android versions still gets four. This is not a shortened support window.
- What does change: the interface, the settings layout, the default app suite, the notification and quick-settings design, and the gesture and animation behavior. ColorOS is a heavier, more feature-dense skin than OxygenOS. Some people prefer it. Anyone who chose OnePlus for a clean, near-stock feel will not.
- What is unclear: which OxygenOS-specific features survive. Alert Slider behavior, Zen Mode and the OnePlus Shelf have no confirmed status under ColorOS 17. We will mark those as resolved here once there is something on the record, rather than guessing now.
There is a fourth thing to know if you’re buying a OnePlus today. On the same day as the ColorOS news, OnePlus confirmed it is ending new product launches in Europe and North America. Existing devices keep their software support, including this Android 17 transition, and warranty and repair continue. What stops is new hardware reaching those two regions; OnePlus remains active in China, and its plans for India are unresolved.
Expected eligible devices
Status wording is consistent across our trackers. Beta means a test build is live but the stable release is not. Expected means the device fits OnePlus’s stated support policy but the company has not confirmed it. Not eligible means it has been ruled out. Nothing here is Confirmed yet, because OnePlus has published no roadmap.
The OnePlus 15 and 15R are the one exception to “nothing has shipped.” OnePlus opened applications for a closed ColorOS 17 beta on those two phones on 6 August 2026, open through 7 August, capped at 300 testers per device and restricted to the Indian variant, per Android Authority. OnePlus itself called it an early build and told applicants to expect bugs. Builds are expected to start rolling out to approved testers around 11 to 13 August. That is a closed beta on one regional variant. It is neither a stable release nor a global rollout, so US and European OnePlus 15 and 15R owners are not part of it.
Flagships
| Device | Status | Expected timing |
|---|---|---|
| OnePlus 15, OnePlus 15R | Beta (closed, India only) | Closed beta since 6 Aug 2026; builds rolling out to testers ~11-13 Aug; stable late 2026 |
| OnePlus 13, 13R, 13s | Expected | Late 2026 into early 2027 |
| OnePlus Open | Expected | Early 2027 |
| OnePlus 12, 12R | Expected | Early 2027 |
| OnePlus 11 | Expected | 2027, likely final version update |
| OnePlus 10 series and earlier | Not eligible | Support window exhausted |
Nord and mid-range
| Device | Status | Expected timing |
|---|---|---|
| OnePlus Nord 6, Nord CE 6, Nord CE 6 Lite | Expected | Early 2027 |
| OnePlus Nord 5, Nord CE 5 | Expected | 2027 |
| OnePlus Nord 4 | Expected | 2027, likely final version update |
| OnePlus N6, N6x | Expected | 2027 |
| Nord 3 and earlier | Not eligible | Support window exhausted |
Tablets
| Device | Status | Expected timing |
|---|---|---|
| OnePlus Pad 4, Pad 3 | Expected | Early 2027 |
| OnePlus Pad 2, Pad Lite, Pad Go 2 | Expected | 2027 |
The bigger picture: OPPO is consolidating three brands onto one skin
This is the part almost nobody is covering, and it matters more than any single feature in Android 17.
OnePlus is not the only brand moving. Realme has confirmed it is retiring realme UI in favor of ColorOS 17 too. Together with OPPO’s own devices, that means three separate phone brands, with three distinct software identities and three distinct audiences, converging on one skin in a single Android cycle.
For buyers in the US, UK, Canada and Australia the effect is a narrowing of choice that is not obvious from a spec sheet. A OnePlus, an OPPO and a Realme used to feel meaningfully different in daily use. From Android 17 they largely will not. If software feel is part of why you pick a brand, the field of genuinely distinct Android skins is now Samsung’s One UI, Google’s stock build, Xiaomi’s HyperOS, Nothing OS and Motorola’s Hello UI.
Should you buy a OnePlus right now?
This is the practical question the ColorOS move raises, and it deserves a direct answer rather than a shrug.
If you are buying OnePlus for the hardware, the case is unchanged. The OnePlus 15 and 13 remain strong flagships with fast charging that still beats most of the market, and the 13R and Nord line remain among the better value propositions in their tiers. None of that is affected by which skin ships on top.
If you are buying OnePlus for OxygenOS, the case has changed materially, and waiting to see ColorOS 17 in person before committing is reasonable. The software you would be buying for is being discontinued during the ownership period of any phone you buy today.
There is a third group worth naming, people upgrading from an older OnePlus who assumed the experience would carry over. If that is you, the honest framing is that your next OnePlus will feel closer to an OPPO than to the phone you are replacing. That is not automatically worse, but it should be a decision rather than a surprise.
What we still do not know
Several things are unresolved, and we would rather list them than fill the gaps with speculation.
- The rollout order. OnePlus has published no roadmap, so the sequencing in the tables above is inferred from previous cycles.
- Whether OxygenOS features survive. Alert Slider behavior, Zen Mode and Shelf have no confirmed status under ColorOS 17.
- Whether the transition needs a clean flash. A skin replacement of this scale sometimes cannot be delivered as a normal over-the-air update. If a wipe is required, that changes the practical experience considerably.
- Regional differences. ColorOS builds have historically differed between China, India and global markets in default apps and bundled services. Which model applies to OnePlus globally is not yet clear.
Each of those will be answered here as it lands, in the changelog at the bottom of the page.
How to check on your OnePlus phone
Open Settings, then About device, then Software update, and tap Check for updates. To see what you are running now, Settings, then About device, and read the version banner.
Two notes worth having. OnePlus rolls out in batches by region and model, so repeatedly checking does not advance your position. And if you are on an OxygenOS Open Beta, moving to a stable ColorOS 17 build may require a clean flash rather than an over-the-air update. Back up before that transition rather than afterward.
Frequently asked questions
Does moving to ColorOS mean my phone stops getting updates?
No. OnePlus has said software support continues, so your device keeps the number of Android versions and security patches it was promised. What changes is the software you receive them through, not how long you receive them.
Can I stay on OxygenOS and refuse the update?
Yes. OnePlus’s own announcement says the ColorOS move is a choice. Eligible users get the option to update, and anyone who declines keeps receiving OxygenOS on their current version. If your device sits outside the update scope entirely, it keeps getting OxygenOS maintenance regardless of what OnePlus does with newer models. Switching to ColorOS also isn’t permanent; OnePlus says a rollback path back to OxygenOS exists, though which specific version a rollback restores hasn’t been detailed yet.
Will the Alert Slider still work?
Unclear, and we are not going to guess. Alert Slider is OnePlus hardware, so it will still be physically present, but its behavior under ColorOS 17 has not been confirmed. We will update this page once there is something on the record.
My OnePlus is not listed here. What does that mean?
Most likely it is a OnePlus 10 series device or older, or a Nord 3 or earlier, and has exhausted its support window. If your phone is newer than that and missing here, it means no credible source has placed it yet.
How we source and maintain this tracker
OnePlus is a harder brand to track honestly than most, because the ColorOS transition means past behaviour is a poor guide to what happens next. Previous OxygenOS rollout patterns tell you less than usual here.
So on this page a device is only marked Rolling out when OnePlus has shipped a stable build to that model, and nothing is marked Confirmed until OnePlus publishes a roadmap, which it has not. Every device sits at Expected, except the OnePlus 15 and 15R, which moved to Beta once OnePlus opened a closed, India-only ColorOS 17 test for those two phones on 6 August 2026. We’ll move a device to Rolling out only once OnePlus ships it a stable build; a beta opening is not enough on its own. Where the ColorOS move creates an unresolved question, such as the fate of Alert Slider behaviour, we say so rather than filling the gap.
That is a deliberately conservative position. Plenty of lists elsewhere present forty OnePlus devices as confirmed for an update the company has not scheduled. This page is revised in place as things land, with every change dated in the changelog below.
Changelog
- 11 August 2026 (later still): Corrected two real errors. First, the OnePlus 15 and 15R rows and the surrounding text said nothing had shipped and marked every device Expected; OnePlus actually opened a closed ColorOS 17 beta for those two phones on 6 August 2026 (Indian variant only, 300 testers per device), with builds expected to start reaching approved testers around 11 to 13 August, so those two rows now read Beta rather than Expected and the status-wording key now defines Beta. Second, an earlier entry on this page claimed the master Android 17 tracker’s own fix to the same mandatory-versus-optional error landed “two weeks ago.” It landed the day before, on 10 August 2026; the sentence has been corrected.
- 11 August 2026 (later): Replaced the featured image, which used a retired text-on-background template, with an official OnePlus 15 product image, and swapped a decorative graphic that mislabeled itself as a step-by-step checklist for a second product photo. Added a source link for the realme UI retirement claim, which was previously stated without a citation.
- 11 August 2026: Corrected a real error: the FAQ and body text described the ColorOS move as effectively mandatory (“declining is a delay, not an alternative”, “OxygenOS will not receive new versions”), when OnePlus’s own announcement says the opposite: it’s a voluntary option, declining users keep OxygenOS, out-of-scope devices keep receiving OxygenOS maintenance regardless, and a rollback path exists for anyone who switches and changes their mind. This page had never been updated since it was created, so the master Android 17 tracker’s own correction of the same error, made the day before on 10 August 2026, never reached this page. Also added the OnePlus EU/North America exit, confirmed the same day as the ColorOS news, which existing owners deciding whether to wait for this update should know about.
- 31 July 2026: Page created. OnePlus confirmed retiring OxygenOS and moving to ColorOS 17 from Android 17. No stable build released on any OnePlus device. No official eligibility roadmap published, so all device rows are Expected.
Tracking another brand? See our Android 17 update tracker for every manufacturer, the Samsung tracker or the Motorola tracker.
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