From DailyTech: Want Google Inc. (GOOG) Android 6.0 "Marshmallow" on your OnePlus device? Well, the Chinese OEM has now shared its update plans.
According to a recent announcement made on its forums, OnePlus plans to begin its roll out the major operating system upgrade to most of its users in Q1 2016 (by March 2016 at the latest). The upgrade schedule is complicated somewhat by the different ROMs available for the devices and the different models, but it's widely assumed that all model and firmware combinations from the OEM will be upgraded by the end of H1 2016 (so by June 2016).
To refresh, for those who aren't familiar OnePlus has made a name for itself by being among the first high-profile Android OEMs to offer devices with branched versions of Android produced via replacement firmware projects. Currently the flagship OnePlus One and 2 are offered with two different options -- the popular CyanogenMod and OnePlus's own in-house replacement firmware offering, Oxygen OS.
The CyanogenMod development team is expected to incorporate the bits of Android Marshmallow, including its coveted fingerprint scanning API, the soonest. Those bits may arrive as soon as Jan. 2016 and distribution should be wrapped up by OnePlus in Q1 2016. For users of the Oxygen ROM, the wait may be a little longer, but it should be wrapped up by the end of H1 2016 (so June 2016 at the latest).
Thus far the only device not to get a rough timeframe is the more budget-minded 5-inch 1080p OnePlus X which saw a release earlier this month, following the late July release of the OnePlus 2. However, as GSMArena suggests this update has been "greenlighted" and "may be... in Q2 [of] next year."
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