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Meta will end Quest 2 OS updates in 2027
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Published 11/2/2026 3:04:20 PM
Meta will end Quest 2 OS updates in 2027
The Quest 2 and Pro were discontinued in 2024, and next year, Meta will stop releasing OS updates for the VR headsets.
The Quest 2 and Pro were discontinued in 2024, and next year, Meta will stop releasing OS updates for the VR headsets.
Meta is planning to release the last OS update for its Quest 2 and Quest Pro VR headsets by March 2027, the company announced today. The last OS update for those devices is planned to be v213, and after that, Meta will continue to ship security patches and critical bug fixes through the end of 2027. Apps that support the Quest 2 or Quest Pro can also be submitted through December 2027, Meta says.
Meta is calling the Quest 3 and 3S “now the baseline for Meta VR gamers.” The company is announcing this shift ahead of the planned release of its new VR Glasses, which are set to launch sometime in spring 2027.
“Quest 2 and Quest Pro laid the foundation for this platform, and millions of people still play on them,” Meta says. “Quest 3 and Quest 3S give your apps more performance headroom and mixed reality built in, and apps built for them carry forward to Meta VR Glasses, which run on the same OS and SDKs.”
Meta launched the Quest 2 in 2020 and the Quest Pro in 2022. It discontinued both products in 2024.
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Meta is quickly moving on from the high-end VR headset that we said ‘isn’t very good.’
Meta is quickly moving on from the high-end VR headset that we said ‘isn’t very good.’
Meta is discontinuing the Quest Pro, its high-end VR headset launched in 2022 that we said “isn’t very good.” The company plans to sell its remaining Quest Pro headsets through the end of the year or “until they’re gone, whichever comes first,” according to a blog post.
Meta’s post didn’t specify why it’s moving on from the Quest Pro so soon, but it’s clear the headset wasn’t well received. My colleague Adi Robertson rated the headset a 4, finding that the device was heavy and uncomfortable and that its professional-focused Workrooms experience was “basically a matter of luck.”
At launch, the Quest Pro was also jaw-droppingly expensive at $1,499. Meta permanently dropped the price to $999 just months after launch, but that was still a lot of money, especially when the arguably better Quest 3 launched just a few months later for $499.
Meta is also discontinuing the Quest 2, but that one makes more sense; the Quest 2 is now four years old, and Meta has a great replacement for it in the just-announced Quest 3S.
