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- 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 without waking up the device, but they would also be able to do much more.
- Apple introduced an alert slider on the original iPhone in 2007 and replaced it with a customizable button on the iPhone 15 series in 2023.
OnePlus makes some great Android flagships, and it’s one of the few Android OEMs around that has gently evolved its design language over the generations rather than risk stagnating it. Despite this evolution, practically all OnePlus flagships have retained the rather iconic Alert Slider, even though most other mainstream Android phones don’t offer one. This is about to change, as the company has now confirmed that the Alert Slider is going away.
OnePlus CEO Pete Lau has confirmed in a forum post that the Alert Slider will soon be replaced by a customizable button on future devices. Pete doesn’t reveal much information, but we presume this means OnePlus devices and possibly extends to OPPO devices.