OnePlus 6 has been receiving stable updates since it was launched. In China, the device runs on HydrogenOS and the company recently seeded the first HydrogenOS Beta update for the device, which is built upon the final Android Pie beta. The company has now announced that it is seeking beta testers for its Closed Beta program. This suggests that the smartphone could soon receive the first Android Pie public beta update. The update might even be rolled out by this week as OnePlus usually pushes out the equivalent OxygenOS beta build to its HydrogenOS beta update in other regions in a weeks time. Additionally, once the Android 9 Pie beta updates are officially announced for the OnePlus 6, the same can be expected to be seeded for the OnePlus 5T and the OnePlus 5.
The company, via its forum post, states, “Closed Beta program is an opportunity for us to listen to your feedback and refine or revise our product strategy based on that. It also helps us to find major bugs at an early stage and release more stable Open Beta and MP (official) builds. The Closed Beta Group is the closest group to OnePlus staff. This group is made up of an elite crew of OnePlus community members. This group needs absolute secrecy, as testers will often get builds and features weeks or even months before they are released to the public. Given the secrecy aspect, you are required to sign an NDA (Non-Disclosure Agreement) with OnePlus to be part of this program.”