OnePlus brings Android 15 Beta 1 to OnePlus 12 and OnePlus Open users

What do you want to know

• OnePlus has announced that Android 15 Beta 1 is now available for OnePlus 12 and OnePlus Open users.
• Separately, Google released the Android 15 Beta 2 update, listing OnePlus devices as eligible.
• For now, only Android 15 Beta 1 is officially supported, but OnePlus will likely add support for Beta 2 soon enough.

It’s the middle of Google I/O 2024 week, and OnePlus is celebrating the occasion by bringing the Android 15 beta to its flagship phones. The company announced the release of Android 15 Beta 1 in a job on its community forums on Tuesday, May 14. It is available on the OnePlus 12 and the OnePlus Open, the latter of which only received the update to Android 14 in March.

OnePlus only recommends the Android 15 Beta 1 update to “developers and advanced users.” The beta version is not available as an OTA cloud update and must be manually flashed or upgraded locally. Additionally, the company says you shouldn’t install the update if you “have limited software development experience, intend to use the device as your primary driver, or lack experience with custom ROM installations”.

OnePlus 12 phones must run OxygenOS version 14.0.0.610 or earlier to upgrade to Android 15 Beta 1. For OnePlus Open, the maximum OxygenOS version is 14.0.0.702. If your OnePlus 12 or OnePlus Open device is running a newer version of OxygenOS, you will need to manually restore your operating system before trying to install the Android 15 beta.

There are a handful of known issues with Android 15 on OnePlus devices so far. Both phones may suffer from Bluetooth incompatibility issues when running Android 15 Beta 1, and the OnePlus 12 in particular may have difficulty connecting to printers over Wi-Fi. OnePlus adds that “some device functions “photo displays abnormally in certain scenarios”, and this applies to both the OnePlus 12 and the OnePlus Open. Additionally, as with any pre-release software, OnePlus says both phones will experience overall stability issues in certain situations.

The availability of Android 15 Beta 1 for the OnePlus 12 and OnePlus open came a day before Google announced Android 15 Beta 2 with new features. Google also said that third-party phones are now supported by partners including OnePlus. However, the exact models aren’t listed, so we don’t yet know what Android 15 Beta 2 support looks like on the OnePlus 12 and OnePlus Open.

For users who are having issues with Android 15 Beta 1, OnePlus offers a guide to restore Android 14 and includes catering packages on its community forums. It also accepts comments in the comments of the original post.