Meta Quest 1 will no longer get feature updates - Mashable

Owners of the archetypal Meta Quest VR headset person astir 2 months near to get the astir retired of them.

In an email sent retired to Meta Quest users, Meta confirmed that the archetypal iteration of its wireless VR headset volition not get caller diagnostic updates anymore. Bug fixes and information patches volition support going until sometime successful 2024, but the diagnostic acceptable connected your OG Meta Quest isn’t going to alteration anymore.

In summation to that, Meta is turning disconnected immoderate societal features for the archetypal Quest. Users won’t beryllium capable to big oregon articulation parties anymore, and societal aspects of the Meta Horizon Home hub portion are getting turned disconnected connected March 5. You won’t beryllium capable to bent retired with your homies successful their Horizon Homes oregon invitation them implicit to yours aft that date.

While it’s undoubtedly a bummer for a instrumentality that radical spent $400 connected successful 2019 to beryllium formed speech less than 4 years later, it’s not unexpected. Meta released the substantially superior Quest 2 successful 2020, much oregon little making the archetypal exemplary obsolete. And with the caller advent of the high-end Quest Pro, Meta has some an “affordable” and a premium exemplary connected the market. 

In different words, the older Quest doesn’t person overmuch of a spot successful Meta’s plans anymore. However, it inactive has a spot successful our hearts for doing a batch of enactment to marque VR affordable and accessible.