Say Goodbye to OxygenOS: Here’s the Full List of OnePlus Phones Moving to ColorOS 17

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-Kabir Jain

Updated: Friday, July 17, 2026, 10:54 [IST]

I’ve used OxygenOS on every OnePlus phone I’ve owned, and honestly, this is one of those announcements I didn’t see coming at all. The brand has confirmed that OxygenOS is going away. Starting with the Android 17 cycle, existing OnePlus phones will move over to Oppo’s ColorOS instead, and the company has now explained how that’s actually going to play out.

This isn’t happening in isolation either. It’s part of a much bigger shift where OnePlus is winding down as a standalone brand in the US and Europe, while insisting it’s staying put in India, something a lot of recent reporting has openly questioned.

Whatever ends up true about the brand’s future here, the software change is real, and it’s coming for a specific set of devices.

What OnePlus Actually Said

On its community forum, OnePlus said that once ColorOS 17 is officially out, eligible devices will get the option to voluntarily switch over to it. The company is framing this as a way to speed up updates and make better use of shared engineering work with Oppo. Phones that fall outside this update scope won’t get left behind completely either. They’ll keep getting maintenance support on their current OxygenOS build.

There’s also a rollback option if you switch to ColorOS and don’t like it. OnePlus hasn’t detailed exactly which rollback versions will be available yet, but the option itself is confirmed. Realme, another Oppo brand, is doing the exact same thing with its own devices starting Android 17.

Honestly, this isn’t as dramatic a shift as it sounds. OxygenOS has been running on the same base as ColorOS for years now. The real differences were always in the small stuff, background app handling being the main one. OnePlus phones sold in China have been on ColorOS for a while already, so this is really just catching up the rest of the world.

Which OnePlus Phones Are Expected to Get ColorOS 17

OnePlus hasn’t put out an official device-by-device list yet. What we’re going by here is the OxygenOS 17 eligibility list Gizmochina built out earlier, based on OnePlus’s update history and how older phones have aged out in past cycles.

It’s an informed projection, not something locked in by OnePlus, but it’s still the most reliable device pool available right now since the update was always going to hit this same set of phones, just under a different name.

Number Series and Foldable

• OnePlus Open
• OnePlus 15, 15R
• OnePlus 13, 13R, 13s, 13T
• OnePlus 12, 12R
• OnePlus 11

Anything below the OnePlus 11, including the 11R and the entire 10, 9, 8, and 7 series, isn’t expected to make the cut.

Nord Series

• OnePlus Nord 6
• OnePlus Nord 5
• OnePlus Nord 4
• OnePlus Nord CE 6
• OnePlus Nord CE 6 Lite
• OnePlus Nord CE 5

Older Nord and Nord CE phones fall outside the expected scope.

N Series

• OnePlus N6
• OnePlus N6x (upcoming)

The newest series from OnePlus, the N6 series is expected to receive the update once rollout starts.

Pad Series

• OnePlus Pad 4
• OnePlus Pad 3
• OnePlus Pad 2
• OnePlus Pad Lite
• OnePlus Pad Go 2

Based on how OnePlus has paced updates in past years, this was originally expected to land around November 2026 as OxygenOS 17. Now that it’s confirmed as ColorOS 17, that timeline could shift a bit, but the OnePlus 15 and 15R are still your best bet for leading the rollout since they’re the newest flagships in the lineup.

Should You Actually Be Worried

If your phone’s on that list, this is mostly just a rebrand with some changes under the hood, not a support cutoff. OnePlus has been clear that every device will still get the updates, security patches, and support it was promised. And if your phone falls outside the scope, you’re not being abandoned either; it just stays on its current OxygenOS build with maintenance support instead of a full OS jump.

The bigger thing on my mind isn’t really the software switch. It’s whether OnePlus’s promise to keep running normally in India actually holds up the way the company keeps saying it will.