Is the OnePlus 9 still supported?
End-of-support date: April 2025.
Support ended
Official promiseApril 2025
Source: endoflife.date (community-tracked) · verified 2026-06-10
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 9
Is the OnePlus 9 still supported in 2026?
No. OnePlus shipped its final update (Android 14, April 2025 security patch) and declared the OnePlus 9 series end-of-life in 2025. It has received nothing since.
Is it safe to keep using a OnePlus 9?
For offline or casual use, yes; for anything involving money or passwords, increasingly no. Over a year of unpatched vulnerabilities is a real attack surface, and it grows monthly.
Should I buy a used OnePlus 9 in 2026?
No — $108 buys a Pixel 6a or iPhone SE 3 that still receive updates. An unpatched phone is never the bargain it appears.
Safer alternatives
All three carry a GREEN Safe-to-Buy badge today.
Data sources & last verified: this phone's support window comes from the manufacturer's official policy, last verified 2026-06-10. How we compute end dates.