Hydrogen OS based Android 7.0 Nougat build is now available for the OnePlus 3T. The update is available as a beta, so it won’t available through the official stable channels such as OTA updates, but you can grab the full ROM zip from the download link below and install it manually via recovery.

This is the first release of an Android 7.0 Nougat beta build based on Hydrogen OS. Before this, OnePlus had released Nougat beta based on Oxygen OS for the OnePlus 3 and OnePlus 3T.

Hydrogen OS is primarily meant for OnePlus devices in sold & used China, but a lot of folks from other parts of the world also prefer to use Hydrogen OS on their non-Chinese OnePlus devices.

Installing the Nougat beta ROM on your OnePlus 3T is as simple as it can be. Just grab the full ROM zip from the download link below and flash it via recovery along with a full wipe/factory reset of the device.

Download OnePlus 3T Hydrogen OS Nougat beta firmware

Official changelog

Below is the official changelog from OnePlus for the Android 7.0 Nougat based beta Hydrogen OS ROM:

  • The new split-screen function, multi-tasking application Press and drag upward to use, cool and convenient. (Requires third-party App support).
  • The status bar can adjust the size of it, hydrogen is four desktop applications increase. DPI switch display layout size, want to trade on the exchange.
  • You can freely manage the status bar icon, do not like do not want to see it go away on it.
  • The desktop layout also can switch up, like hydrogen or native Desktop Desktop? Do not tangle, all to meet you.
  • The new growth screenshot function, want to cut long, they cut long.
  • Cloud sync is on the line, contacts, call history, text messages can be synchronized replacement is more convenient.
  • Set more convenient, the new “Set Home Screen”, the right planning you can quickly return to set up interface operation, no longer have a back and forth repeatedly.
  • Notification SMS chat application redesign, respond more quickly notice, (requires third-party App support).
  • Control Center shortcut add third-party switch support, make your operation more handy.
  • NFC functionality to the card, (after opening with a snowball wallet cards are available OnePlus 3T subway, bus, brush vending machines, etc.), currently only in beta Beijing.
  • Calendar Update 2017 holiday information, remember to buy tickets to go home early.
  • Optimized SMS, call, file manager, etc. UI, color, make the interface look more harmonious comfortable.
  • Edit window hydrogen interaction optimization, long press to enter edit mode to adjust the card size, location, or to remove the card to avoid accidental deletion.

Known bugs/Issues with the beta build:

  • Some third-party applications have not yet adapted to Android 7.0, may appear incompatibility problems in running;
  • After the upgrade, plus a community, Tencent video, Phoenix news, QQ reading, phone Taobao, the US group, etc. App to download it again.