BREAKING: OnePlus Officially Shuts Down in the US, Canada and Europe

OnePlus announced on its community app that it has decided to conclude new product rollouts in North America, Canada and Europe.

Additionally, as part of this transition, the communityus.oneplus.com website and app will officially close on August 16, 2026 at 11:59PM ET. To help keep the community connected, OnePlus is launching a new Discord server for the entire OnePlus Community as a gathering space. However, it should not be considered an official OnePlus support channel.

Backed by OPPO, existing OnePlus devices will continue to receive scheduled software updates and security patches within the support periods originally committed for each device model.

The customer service channels will remain open and responsive in accordance with Oneplus's standard warranty and support obligations.

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BREAKING: Realme Officially Shuts Down in China

On weibo, Realme announced that it will be pressing the pause button on the Chinese market.

In the future, Realme will concentrate our resources on cultivating overseas markets, focusing on performance and gaming, and bringing cutting-edge technology to the world.

Continued sales and after-sales warranty of existing realme models will be fully handled by the OPPO official team. Regarding system updates, after the release of the next generation of ColorOS, realme users can update to the ColorOS system upon receiving an update notification.

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BREAKING: OnePlus and Realme smartphones will receive ColorOS 17 Skin with Android 17 upgrade

RIP OxygenOS and RealmeUI

OnePlus announced on its community app that as part of an operational adjustment to its software strategy, following the official release of ColorOS 17, users with existing OnePlus devices that fall within the eligible upgrade scope will have the option to voluntarily update to the latest ColorOS. Legacy models that are not eligible for this specific upgrade will continue to receive software maintenance.

The FAQ section notes that:

Q: Can users choose not to switch to ColorOS? If they are not satisfied after switching, can they roll back?

A: OnePlus users will be able to choose whether to update to the latest ColorOS system. If users update to ColorOS, they will have the option to roll back to OxygenOS. The specific rollback versions available will be subject to future official announcements.

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the fact that they're providing rollback options indirectly implies they're getting rid of bootloader unlock to me

High resolution real image of iPhone 18 Pro

This time, the SoC is exposed to the VC against the display. Dynamic Island is also smaller and VC is quite huge.

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FYI, Google Play Store now allows you to check Play Integrity of your connected devices such as your WearOS watch, Android Automotive OS and Android TV devices from your primary device.

Primary phone and the target device, such as a watch, car, or TV, needs to be signed in to the same Google Account with an active internet connection.

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You can now run a browser inside a browser

The devs at Puter Labs have compiled the Gecko engine to WebAssembly so that Firefox can be loaded inside another browser.

The whole Firefox browser is rendering to a <canvas> element. It is fully end to end encrypted. The WISP protocol is used for TCP-over-websockets.

This port cost over 25k in opus/fable tokens for debugging and JIT research.

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