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Meta Oculus Quest 1 deprecation

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Meta (formerly Oculus) prevented developers from providing updates to programs for Quest 1 through their store in addition to previous restrictions on 28 February 2025.[1]

Background

Oculus Quest 1 was introduced on 21 May 2019, and received fifty operating system versions. It entered extended support on 31 January 2023, with this notice[2] which was followed by this archived support page from 22 February 22 2023,[3] which states that it will no longer receive new version updates but will continue to receive security updates until 2024. The current version of this notice as of 28 February 2025 states that critical bug fixes and security patches were provided until August 2024.[4]

Incident

Developers blocked from supporting Quest 1 in new apps listed on Meta Horizon store

On January 31st 2023 Meta announced that developers are no longer able to support Quest 1 in new apps listed on the Meta Horizon store effective immediately.[2]

Users no longer able to use Meta Horizon Home social features

Effective 5 March 5 2023, "Quest 1 users won't be able to invite others to their Home, visit someone else's Home, create or join a Party."[2]

Developers blocked from providing software updates to Quest 1 apps hosted on Meta Horizon store

On January 31 2025. Meta announced that developers would no longer able to support Quest 1 with app updates on Meta Horizon store. This change is in effect from 2 May 2025 onward.[1]

Meta's response

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Consumer response

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References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Heaney, David (28 Feb 2025). "Developers Can No Longer Support Quest 1 In Store App Updates". UploadVR. Archived from the original on 19 Feb 2026. Retrieved 10 Jun 2026.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 "Upcoming Changes to Quest 1". Meta. 31 Jan 2023. Archived from the original on 22 Nov 2025. Retrieved 10 Jun 2026.
  3. ↑ "Changes For Meta Quest 1". Meta. 22 Feb 2023. Archived from the original on 22 Feb 2023. Retrieved 22 Feb 2023.
  4. ↑ "Support for legacy Meta Quest headsets and accessories". Meta. 28 Feb 2025. Archived from the original on 1 Mar 2025. Retrieved 1 Mar 2025.
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