After three major Android updates and more than three years of security updates, the OnePlus 6 and 6T will no longer be receiving future firmware versions. Unfortunately, this means that the OxygenOS 11.1.2.2 upgrade that started rolling out to phones on December 3, 2021, will be the very last official update.
It was announced in July last year that newer OnePlus models — starting with the OnePlus 8 series — would get three years of Android versions and four years of security patches, but the 6 and 6T aren't part of that updated promise. OnePlus staffer Abdul B. confirmed on the company's forum that the OnePlus 6 and 6T have reached the end of life.
After 3 major updates and more than 3 years of updates, around 60 Closed Beta builds and over 30 Open Beta builds it's now the end of OnePlus 6 and 6T official software support.
The phones ended up with Android 11 and the November 2021 security patch. If you want to keep rocking either phone with new features and additional security protections, you'll have to resort to custom ROMs from here on out. Previous OnePlus devices have remained popular in the ROM community, so you can expect to see unofficial support for at least the next couple of years.
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