OnePlus said on Monday that his signature alert cursor function was being transitioned to a button, a bit like Apple did when he replaced similar feature by the Action button starting with the iPhone 15 pro.
OnePlus CEO Pete Lau discussed the change in a Community blog articleStaying that the change arrives after three years of discussion to find a way to ensure that the alert cursor does more. Lau also referred to that the company had heard reactions to the community when OnePlus 10t omitted the functionality In 2022, and that the new button will always allow a phone to be silenced without waking it up.
The alert cursor, seen here on the OnePlus 13R.
“I know that it is a big change. And I know that it is not easy to accept. The alert cursor occupies a special place in the heart of our community, and we do not take this lightly,” said Lau in the blog post.
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Although the OnePlus community is known to protect the design of the phone, customizable buttons are now common on new Android phones and iPhone. IPhone 16th at Apple $ 599 is the cheapest iPhone that includes a customizable action button, and Samsung’s $ 800 Galaxy S25 Includes a side button which can also be mapped to specific actions or features.
Lau has not announced any new phone that will include a customizable button instead of the alert cursor, but the pre -prone announcement seems to be positioned to get ahead of this change in this change. OnePlus generally sticks to the annual outings in winter for its new phones, but the company could start the button on the phone with a less predictable rate of liberation, such as its northern series at a lower cost.
