The best-selling VR headset of all time (and its Pro-level cousin) will no longer receive OS updates after March 2027.
Somehow, the Meta Quest 2 has been around for six whopping years, and Meta is finally bringing support for the headset to a close after March 2027. The far less popular Meta Quest Pro, which uses the same chipset as the Quest 2, will also see OS updates cease at the same time with OS v213. Meta will continue to deliver security updates through the end of 2027 to both headsets, according to an official Meta developers blog post.
Meta says it will not be removing cross-play multiplayer functionality or blocking access to Quest 2 players, so any games that support the headset will continue to work after these dates, so long as they don’t rely on any new OS features introduced after March 2027. Developers have to give players a 6-month notice if support is ending for a game, so you’ll have ample time to decide what to do.
That means the Quest 2 will receive just over 7 years of total security updates, while the Quest Pro gets two years less (since it came out in October 2022). The Meta Quest 2 remains the best-selling VR headset of all time, with around 20 million units sold over the lifetime of the headset. Meta says that Quest 2 owners can still play games throughout this time, although game support will likely dry up quickly after January 2028.
The $599 Meta Quest 3 and $349 Meta Quest 3S, which debuted in 2023 and 2024, respectively, are the follow-ups to the Quest 2. The upcoming Meta VR Glasses, which will retail for $1299, feature a next-generation chipset, a significantly higher-resolution AMOLED display, and substantially lighter weight and smaller size than either Quest 3 model.
Meta VR Glasses are expected to debut early next year, and with them, a new generation of OS development will take place. Since the Quest 2 uses a significantly outdated mobile chip at this point, it makes sense for Meta to cease new feature development for it and focus on newer, more capable hardware.
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