According to Louis, the new button will still perform the original alert slider function, letting users switch between silent, vibrate, and ring modes. However, it won't stop there.

OnePlus plans to do away with its signature Alert Slider and replace it with a configurable button in the future, company CEO Pete Lau said in a OnePlus community forum post today, reports 9to5Google.

OnePlus has revealed its artificial intelligence plans for its devices, starting with the introduction of the Plus Key, which will replace the Alert Slider. The Plus Key, like its predecessor, is ...

The alert slider may appear diminutive from the outside, but it takes up roughly 30 millimeters-square worth of space. For smartphones, that’s a lot. By removing it, the motherboard’s layout ...

The Alert Slider has been a staple of most OnePlus smartphones for the better part of a decade now, but it’s being replaced with a customizable new button called the “Plus Key.” ...

The Alert Slider on OnePlus phones couldn’t do much, but a physical button can be customized to multi-press, short-press, and long-press gestures, each assigned its own unique functionality with ...

But OnePlus promises, “This button is future-ready and incredibly intuitive.” The Alert Slider on the OnePlus flagship phones has been a part of the DNA since its original heyday.

OnePlus previously confirmed it would be killing the Alert Slider, but this is the first device to make the swap. The OnePlus 13T is launching later this month, but timing for its debut outside of ...