After being rolled out the OxygenOS 4.5.13 update, OnePlus now starts rolling out a new OxygenOS 4.5.14 update for OnePlus 5 with a bunch of optimizations, VoLTE support for Airtel India, Wi-Fi WPA2 security issue and more. All OnePlus 5 owners will get the OTA update shortly or download and install the update (OxygenOS 4.5.14 OTA or full firmware) manually.
Team Win has released official TWRP custom recovery for Google Pixel 2 (code named walleye) and Pixel 2 XL (code named taimen). Current status of the TWRP recovery is Alpha (twrp-3.1.1-alpha1), so it should not be installed permanently on your Pixel 2/Pixel 2 XL. However, tech-savvy users can use this alpha version of the official TWRP recovery image to temporarily boot into TWRP and play around with it.
The PA team has released the last and final build of Paranoid Android 7.3.1 (Android 7.1.2) custom ROM by fixing all the reported bugs, alongside patch for recently discovered KRACK and BlueBorne kernel vulnerability. This (PA 7.3.1) would be the last update for Nougat and the team is now shifting their focus to Android 8.0 Oreo. Users can expect Android Oreo based Paranoid Android 8.0 soon.
If you own a Fairphone 2, then here is how to get Android 7.1.2 Nougat update on it via LineageOS 14.1 custom ROM. The LineageOS team has released official LineageOS 14.1 for Fairphone 2 that brings Android 7.1.2 Nougat and its awesome features to FP2. You can install the custom ROM via a custom recovery like TWRP. If you are interested here is how to install the LineageOS 14.1 custom ROM on Fairphone 2.
Huawei Honor 6X (BLN-L22) in India gets a new EMUI 5.0 (Android 7.0 Nougat) update with bug fixes, new features like Eye Comfort, App drawer, etc. and VoLTE calling for Jio and Airtel. Honor 6X is running on software version B150 (BLN-L22C675B350CUSTC675D002) will get this new B350 update (BLN-L22C675B150CUSTC675D001) via OTA (over the air). You can also download and install the update manually. Check out the guide below.
Samsung Galaxy S6 and S6 Edge start getting the October Android Security Patches via a new update. The Galaxy S6 Edge (SM-G925F) variant in UK has received the update with build number G925FXXU5EQI8. The update for other regions is imminent. As the OTA update is rolled out in phases, users need to wait for OTA update, which will hit Galaxy S6/ S6 Edge devices in couple of days.