If you're still not quite sure what has happened, let us reiterate that this means OnePlus is mostly going in the right direction when it comes to Android software. Developers will now be able to download the source code for OxygenOS, and make their own version of it. In detail, there might be issues that OnePlus could not fix that developers can actually find some answer for. Devs can then choose to incorporate the fix into the main software.
Also, developers can come up with their own new features and add them to the base OS, and create their own custom ROMs from there. SO from a developer's perspective, OnePlus is certainly making the right moves. This will only spell better software and features for OnePlus devices.
The OnePlus 3, based on what we've seen so far, may be more of the same from OnePlus - a flagship device that will retail for less, and not much else. There is certainly lesser hype on the features now than for the OnePlus 2, so we should not except the new flagship to overwhelm us. What it can deliver on is probably the amount and quality of Android development behind the device, and with this decision to make OxygenOS open-source, they just made the correct first steps.
via: androidcommunity