Many of you around the world are off work today for a long weekend. We hope to make your vacation even better, because OxygenOS is finally here! 

We know you’ve been patient, and we’re excited to announce that starting right now, you can download and flash OxygenOS right to your OnePlus One.

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Be sure to check out oneplus.net/oxygenos for more information.

OnePlus One users might be waiting for the new Lollipop based ROM for their smartphones. The wait is over as the popular Chinese smartphone maker OnePlus has finally released its own custom ROM -- OnePlus OxygenOS, which is based on Android 5.0 Lollipop.

Last month, the OnePlus announced the official release of its in-house OxygenOS to 'One' on or before March 27, but was failed to deliver the update due to a couple of security issues discovered in the update.

The news disappointed many OnePlus customers, including me, who were looking forward to their Lollipop updates.

However, the update is now ready for downloading from the OnePlus servers. Also, a full installation guide has been provided for customers who want to switch from the CyanogenMod 11S to the latest OxygenOS.

"Developing OxygenOS has been an incredibly fun and challenging experience for all of us," the company wrote. "In this environment where everyone is fighting to standout with custom ROMs, we think it’s important to go back to basics. We place things like performance and battery life over gimmicks and bloated features."

OxygenOS comes with stock Android UI, and also adds some new custom features, such as Clear Image, and lock screen gestures. The update has been developed by the company with the help of developers from the Paranoid Android team.

Some of the customization features includes:

Ability to switch between hardware and software navigations and so on.

Customising the wallpapers.

Quick Settings lets you rearrange tiles in the notification tray and so on.

The file size of OnePlus OxygenOS is 739.7MB, and it brings Android 5.0 Lollipop to OnePlus One.

Android users can install OxygenOS now by going to oneplus.net/oxygenos, but make sure that you have a OnePlus One smartphone device.

Gizmodo China has new details of the OnePlus Two, the sequel to the very cheap, but quality OnePlus One. The new phone will be slightly more expensive than the first smartphone. Of course, there is no exact prices, but something more than the current smartphone that has just increased the price from 299€ to 349€ on the 64GB model but still much cheaper than comparable high-end smartphones.

What is new?

The OnePlus Two will most likely come with the new Snapdragon 810, This is an octa-core SoC from Qualcomm. A fingerprint scanner is included along with laser-focus technology with user replaceable battery and with an SD card slot. As usual it comes with the capacitive navigation buttons.

We can expect to see the OnePlus Two by the end of third quarter.

After Cyanogenmod worked out an exclusive deal with the Indian smartphone manufacturer Micromax, an Indian court temporarily banned Cyanogen powered OnePlus One in the country. The ban was reversed until 7th of January, as the court ruled out that the low priced Yu smartphone is not a competitor to the flagship smartphone OnePlus One

Recently, OnePlus announced that it was working on its own build of Android(Probably Lollypop 5.0). An alpha version of the Android 5.0 build is available to flash but it need a TWRP custom recovery to be installed on the handset. You can find  instructions on how to install the TWRP custon recovery and how to port the android lollypop in to the device. Back up all of your data before flashing. There is a chance of bricking your phone.