Is the OnePlus 8 still supported?
End-of-support date: April 2024.
Support ended
Official promiseApril 2024
Source: OnePlus's official policy · verified 2026-06-12
What it means now that support ends
- 🔓 Security risk grows monthly. New vulnerabilities are discovered constantly; on an unsupported phone they are never fixed. Banking, payments, email, and password apps become progressively riskier.
- 📱 Apps drop off. Developers raise their minimum OS requirements over time — first you lose updates to apps, then the apps themselves.
- 💸 Resale value falls fast.The market prices support: once a phone leaves a manufacturer's update list, its used value drops sharply and keeps falling.
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More questions about the 8
How long will the OnePlus 8 get updates?
Its support window already closed. OnePlus gave the OnePlus 8 three OS upgrades (to Android 13) and four years of security patches, which ran out around April 2024.
Does the OnePlus 8 have water resistance?
Only the carrier-locked T-Mobile/Verizon variants carried an official IP68 rating. The standard unlocked global model was not IP-rated despite similar sealing.
Is the OnePlus 8 still worth buying in 2026?
Only as a budget used handset. It's still quick day-to-day, but with security updates ended it's best for a secondary device rather than your primary phone.
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Data sources & last verified: this phone's support window comes from the manufacturer's official policy, last verified 2026-06-12. How we compute end dates.