Sometimes a feature shows up not with an announcement, but with a screenshot on a community forum. That's exactly how OnePlus 15 users in India found out their phone can finally run two eSIMs at the same time.
The OnePlus 15 launched in November 2025, and the dual eSIM gap was a known one from day one — the feature was already active for buyers in Europe, just not in India. That's now changed, based on a post on the OnePlus Community showing a OnePlus 15 running two active eSIMs simultaneously, one from Jio and one from Vi, both toggled on and functional at the same time.
How It Arrived, and Why It's Notable
The capability appears to have landed with the OxygenOS 16.0.9.400 update, though OnePlus's own changelog for that release made no mention of it. That's an unusual way for a long-requested feature to surface — community members have pushed OnePlus for dual eSIM support for a while now, and its arrival seems to have been a quiet addition rather than a headline feature of the update.
With dual eSIM active, OnePlus 15 users can manage two separate network profiles digitally, while keeping the phone's physical SIM slot completely empty if they choose to.
Could Other OnePlus Phones Get This Too
Right now, this is confirmed only for the OnePlus 15. But other community posts point to related traces showing up in early OxygenOS 16 builds, suggesting phones like the OnePlus 15R could pick up the same capability eventually. There's no confirmed rollout timeline for that expansion yet, though given the OnePlus 15 is already receiving it, an extension to other models may not take long.
OnePlus itself hasn't put out a formal statement detailing this feature or its rollout plan.
Why Dual eSIM Actually Matters
Beyond convenience, there's a practical security angle here. eSIMs aren't physically tied to a phone the way a SIM card is, which makes them harder for someone to remove if a device is lost or stolen, and easier for the rightful owner to trace the phone's location using either active network.
