OnePlus CEO Pete Lau has confirmed that the iconic Alert Slider will be removed from future phones. It will be replaced by a customizable button. Users would still be able to switch sound profiles ...

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OnePlus and OPPO are reportedly dropping the alert slider from future flagships in favor of a customizable action button. A new leak has revealed that it may be called the “Magic Cube Key.” In ...

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OnePlus has a long history of bold design experiments. On the functional side of things, the multi-stage alert slider switch has been a hot favorite in the community. Unfortunately, it’s going away ...

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So, the alert slider has been a part of OnePlus phones since the OnePlus 2, which launched in 2015. OPPO adopted it with the OnePlus Find N3 and OnePlus Find N3 Flip. Since those devices, all OnePlus ...

Taking a look back at this week’s news and headlines across the Android world, including Galaxy S25 Edge secrets, Samsung confirms new folding phones, the Pixel 10 Pro’s hidden strength, Google Photos ...

Just to give you a bit of a back story. The alert slider has been a part of OnePlus’ high-end smartphones since 2015, with the exception of the OnePlus 10T. In other words, it has been a part of ...

OnePlus is one of the companies that typically adds an alert slider to its phones. It’s a super convenient way to silence your phone without waking it. However, as useful as the alert slider is, ...