It is already confirmed that OnePlus will be updating its current flagship, the OnePlus 3, to Android Nougat. However, speculations suggest that the new platform may also come out for the first lineup iteration, the OnePlus One.
TechTimes reports that supposed benchmark listings point out a OnePlus One being tested for Android Nougat 7.0. Supposedly, the Geekbench scores for the Android 7.0-run OnePlus One are not that impressive, although it is expected that the new Android Nougat for the device comes with its full complement of new features.
It is unclear, though, if the supposed OnePlus One on the benchmarking site is running an official version of Android Nougat 7.0 or if it is a layered custom ROM for the OnePlus flagship.
Prior to the supposed sighting, it is said that the OnePlus One, as well as the more recent OnePlus X, may not be getting Android 7.0 Nougat. Both iterations run on a Snapdragon 801 chipset. Apparently, the Adrena 330 GPU that complements the processor does not support Vulcan or OpenGL ES 3.1, a requirement for Android Nougat 7.0. It is already confirmed that another SD 801-run flagship, Sony Mobile's Xperia Z3, will not be updated to Android Nougat due to the requirement constraint.
It is likely that the OnePlus One, should it run Android Nougat 7.0, will be updated via custom ROM. Its other flagship brother, the OnePlus X, already has a number of custom, Nougat-based platforms. Supposedly, enterprising developers managed to come out with an alternative update, running CyanogenMod on the device that allows a custom Android 7.0-based ROM to run on the OnePlus X. However, since it is an unofficial ROM, there are stability issues as well as known glitches.
The OnePlus One is the company's first flagship, launched in 2014. It came out with native Android 4.4 KitKat, and a number of updates allowed the device to run an Android platform up to Android Marshmallow 6.0.
