The OxygenOS 12 stable update for the OnePlus 9 and OnePlus 9 Pro was recently released by OnePlus. However, the update was quickly halted after users complained that it was riddled with bugs. Aside from the bug, one of the major issues that prevented some users from updating to the latest version of OxygenOS was the device broken gcam mod support.
With the OxygenOS 12 update on the OnePlus 9 and 9 Pro, users can no longer access auxiliary cameras like the ultra-wide camera or telephoto camera in the Google Camera app. This is a deal-breaker for a lot of people as GCam is known to significantly improve picture quality compared to the stock camera app on a lot of phones. While there were many speculations about OnePlus intention behind the move, the company has now officially confirmed that they are working on restoring auxiliary camera access on OxygenOS 12 for the OnePlus 9 series.
After the initial update was halted due to a bug, OnePlus worked on fixing some issues and has resumed the OxygenOS 12 rollout for its flagship smartphone series. OnePlus announced via a community post on the OnePlus forums that a new version of OxygenOS 12 has been pushed to the OnePlus 9 and 9 Pro. This update contains many bug fixes compared to the previous update, which is aimed at a stable release this time. However, this update does not fix the issue with support for auxiliary cameras on the OnePlus 9 series. But, the good thing is that OnePlus has addressed the issue and said that it will be fixed for it through future updates. Here what the community post says:
Regarding the other reported problems, please rest assured that they are also covered in the follow-up update plan, such as the auto-fill feature in Chrome and the temporary lack of access to the Ultra HD 48M / AUX camera on GCam. We will continue focusing our efforts on improving the software experience and will work on addressing these issues rapidly.
This is undoubtedly good news for all OnePlus 9 and 9 Pro owners, as it implies that OnePlus is not intentionally discontinuing support for assistive cameras on OxygenOS, as its parent company Oppo does on ColorOS. Since the two skins' codebases were merged, it appears that a few things have broken, but we appreciate that OnePlus has acknowledged this and promised to fix it soon.
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