- Meta has reportedly completed all software updates to Oculus Quest
- This sets the shelf life for the quest headset in just under six years, suggesting that Quest 2 would lose all support in 2026
- Meta Quest 2 can last until 2028 based on Meta’s CTO’s comments
Meta seems to have put the last stitch in the coffin of the original Oculus Quest VR headset – and it gives us an idea of expected life expectancy for the company’s other current headsets.
Meta ceased the original Oculus Quest, released in 2019, in 2020, stopped updating it with new features in February 2023, ended security updates in August 2024 and cut support for new apps on the system in April 2024. Now it is reported (it is reported ( Via Uploadvr) that the system can no longer receive updates to older games from developers, which effectively means the headset has reached the end of its life.
You can continue to use your quest if you wish – even if we have given the lack of security updates, we would recommend practicing caution if you do. More significantly, this reported development would set the official life of the original search for six years, which in turn gives us an idea of how long Meta might continue to support its other quest -headsets – and it can be bad news for Meta’s most popular VR -Hardware, Quest 2.
This is because if Meta follows a similar policy of Meta Quest 2, we can expect the headset to receive software updates until mid -2026, then Meta Quest 3 is supported until 2029, and Meta Quest 3s until 2030 – although Meta can choose to Finish support to Quest 3 later or 3s earlier considering the headset sharing the same chipset, so it would be weird to finish support for one and not the other.
There is still hope for Quest 2 yet
Meta has already taken the first steps towards sunset on Quest 2. Batman: Arkham Shadow) As software developers start giving up Quest 2’s aging hardware. So a 2026-life date would certainly make sense; However, there is potentially good news if you hope to continue using your Quest 2 a little longer.
In a non-Lander available Instagram story (which was shared to Reddit), Meta CTO Andrew Bosworth said that Quest 2 would receive support in “Three years from the last sale date.” That would mean that it would last until 2027, with its incredible popularity (it has reliably topped Steam VR -headset -use charts for years) probably helps to expand its lifetime a little beyond that from its older siblings.
What more is there if Bosworth just talks about Horizon OS security updates, and not app updates from developers, so after the Timeline Meta took to the original search, your Meta Quest 2 claw could be the way to eight years of support before it is stuck in software Stasis, which is not too shabby considering the lifetime of other technique as your smartphone.
If Quest 2 actually survives until 2028, at that time we will hopefully have a Meta Quest 4S for Quest 2 Holdouts to sink teeth and future, we will have to wait for some official messages.
