{"id":15610,"date":"2025-03-14T18:35:50","date_gmt":"2025-03-14T17:35:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/plus.maciejpiasecki.info\/index.php\/2025\/03\/14\/alert-slider-sacrifice-has-oneplus-lost-its-identity-by-chasing-apple\/"},"modified":"2025-03-14T21:01:47","modified_gmt":"2025-03-14T20:01:47","slug":"alert-slider-sacrifice-has-oneplus-lost-its-identity-by-chasing-apple","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/plus.maciejpiasecki.info\/index.php\/2025\/03\/14\/alert-slider-sacrifice-has-oneplus-lost-its-identity-by-chasing-apple\/","title":{"rendered":"Alert Slider Sacrifice: Has OnePlus Lost its Identity by Chasing Apple?"},"content":{"rendered":"

OnePlus has decided to sacrifice the alert slider, and some people are quite triggered by that. OnePlus made that announcement in quite a lengthy OnePlus Community post. In fact, the company\u2019s CEO, Pete Lau, did that. In his own words, the \u201cAlert Slider has always been one of my favorite OnePlus features. It\u2019s simple, intuitive, and just works.\u201d That is very true and is actually a reason why so many people got triggered by this announcement.
\nOnePlus is divorcing the alert slider after 10 years of a successful marriage
\nJust to give you a bit of a back story. The alert slider has been a part of OnePlus\u2019 high-end smartphones since 2015, with the exception of the OnePlus 10T. In other words, it has been a part of OnePlus phones for 10 years, since the company\u2019s second-gen flagship arrived, the OnePlus 2. That is a long time to have a feature that people truly love, to just scrape it away, right? Well, that\u2019s the thing, OnePlus is not exactly removing it, it\u2019s\u2026 evolving it?
\nWe\u2019ll get to that in a second, but the timing is\u2026 suspicious. Back when it arrived to OnePlus devices, many people saw the alert slider as a copy of iPhone\u2019s mute switch. Sure, it\u2019s a bit different, and it slides in a different direction, but still, it\u2019s easy to understand why people though that. Apple has used the mute switch on iPhones since the first one back in 2007 and kept it until 2023. Apple replaced it with the \u2018Action Button\u2019 in 2023, as the iPhone 15 Pro series debuted it. All four iPhone 16 models feature it, plus the iPhone 16e.<\/p>\n

Apple completely ditched the mute switch last year
\nNow, half a year after the entire iPhone 16 series adopted the \u2018Action Button\u2019, it sure seems like OnePlus will do something similar. The timing is kind of suspicious, right? Is OnePlus following in Apple\u2019s footsteps? Well, based on what Pete Lau said, not really. He claims that OnePlus has been debating how to take the Alert Slider \u201cfurther\u2019 for the past three years. He did say that making a decision to step away from the alert slider \u201cwasn\u2019t easy\u201d.
\nPete Lau said that the company wanted to \u201cevolve\u201d the alert slider \u201cinto something even more powerful\u201d. It was also confirmed that this will be a \u201csmarter, customizable button\u201d. That change is made to give users more options and allow them to personalize their experience. Pete Lau even said that it will offer a \u201cmore personalized experience\u201d and that this button will adapt to each user\u2019s preferences.
\nThe alert slider will \u201cevolve\u201d into a customizable button
\nSo, even though OnePlus did not reveal all the details just yet, based on what was said, it\u2019s easy to figure out what we\u2019re getting. We\u2019ll get a customizable button, though we don\u2019t know its name yet. Chances are it will be something similar to Apple\u2019s \u2018Action Button\u2019, though. If I had to guess, I\u2019d say that OnePlus will, at the very least, offer three different actions for this button, but chances are we\u2019ll get more. Single tap, double tap, and touch-and-hold options seem like a given. We are expecting more, however, as the alert slider already has three steps.
\nOnePlus did confirm that you\u2019ll still be able to switch sound profiles with this button, of course. Chances are you\u2019ll have many options to choose from, and that will be a considerable advantage for some. However, you will lose that sliding tactility that you can utilize even when your phone is in a pocket. Sure, you can do the same with a button, but many would say that\u2019s not the same. Using the alert slider felt just right, and I personally know plenty of people who used it religiously, and were bummed when they moved away from their OnePlus or OPPO devices. Many people were really disappointed when the alert slider didn\u2019t make the cut on the OnePlus 10T, after which OnePlus decided to bring it back.
\nThere\u2019s no denying this will be a more customizable & productive solution
\nThere is no doubt that the new button will be more customizable and generally more functional, sure. I am kind of looking forward to it, personally, but at the same time I\u2019m kind of disappointed the alert slier is going away. I kind of wish that OnePlus opted to keep both, one on each side perhaps. There\u2019s a reason why I\u2019m saying this, actually, because of the OPPO Find X8 series. OnePlus and OPPO are sister companies, and they usually take cues one from the other. Well, the OPPO Find X8 phones already have a new button, and yet they kept the alert slider too. That\u2019s the route I\u2019d like to see OnePlus take, actually, even though it won\u2019t happen. It\u2019s also a question if the OPPO Find X8 Ultra will stick to it or will it ditch the alert slider too.<\/p>\n

The OPPO Find X8 and Find X8 Pro both include an alert slider on the left side and a \u2018Quick Capture\u2019 button on the right side. The Quick Capture button allows you to quickly launch the camera, take pictures by pressing it, and even zoom in and out when you swipe across it. That is the button that should function as both a camera key and an action key, actually, in my humble opinion. That\u2019s the route that both OPPO and OnePlus could take. When it\u2019s in the camera app, let it function as the camera key, when not, let users decide what exactly they want to do with it. That would allow both companies to keep the alert slider and add another button which would be highly customizable.
\nOnePlus had other options, but this is the company\u2019s solution
\nFolks over at OnePlus and OPPO obviously don\u2019t share that sentiment. A new button is coming to replace the alert slider, but we\u2019re still not sure if OnePlus will follow in OPPO\u2019s footsteps and include a camera key too. Pete Lau did not mention anything about that, so\u2026 we can only guess at this point in time. We are also not sure what phone will be the first to ditch the alert slider, as the OnePlus 13 and 13R launched earlier this year, while the OnePlus Open 2 is not coming this year at all. It could be one of the company\u2019s \u2018Nord\u2019 phones, or perhaps the rumored high-end \u2018mini\u2019 phone. Only time will tell.
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