The best-selling VR headset of all time now has an expiration date, and it's closer than you'd think. Meta says feature development for the Quest 2 and Quest Pro ends with version 213, which reaches those headsets by March 2027. After that, Meta says it will keep shipping security patches and critical bug fixes through the end of 2027.
Your headset won't stop working. Meta is ending feature work and, eventually, patching. It isn't disabling anything. But the practical effects start well before the final cutoff.
What changes
New OS features, platform capabilities and APIs released after v213 will only come to the Meta Quest 3, the Meta Quest 3S and newer devices. Meta also says it won't test new OS and SDK releases against the older headsets. App submissions that support them are accepted through December 2027, and new titles can still launch on newer hardware without being offered on the old ones.
Developers can keep updating existing games for Quest 2 and Quest Pro. If they drop support in a way that would cost you content or services, they're supposed to give you at least 180 days' notice. That's the thing to watch for in your library.
The timeline is a little fuzzy in coverage
Some headlines say support ends at the end of 2027. Others say updates end in March 2027. Both are roughly right, but they mean different things. March is when the features stop. December is when the safety net goes. For a headset on your home Wi-Fi, that second date is the one that matters.
Who got the worse deal
The Quest 2 launched in October 2020, so owners get a little over seven years of security support. The Quest Pro arrived in October 2022 and gets just over five. Per Wikipedia, it launched at $1,499.99, and Meta discontinued it in 2024 anyway. If you paid that, this stings.
My take
If you own a Quest 2 and mostly play what you already have, do nothing. It's fine through 2027. The part to skip is buying a used one because it's cheap. You'd be paying for a headset that's already on the way out, and new games will increasingly target Quest 3-class hardware.
If you want to upgrade, the Meta Quest 3 and Meta Quest 3S are the supported options. Road to VR reports Meta VR Glasses are coming next spring, so anyone who's undecided might wait for that launch before spending money. I'd hold off until real details are out. Prices and specs for those glasses weren't in the sources I found.
Meanwhile, an old Quest 2 still makes a decent spare headset for guests, as long as you keep it updated and off anything sensitive. Check for developer notices in your favorite games, and plan the upgrade for sometime in 2027, not the last week of December.
My take
The Meta Quest is a way better device than Apple’s Vision Pro. It mixes a bit of everything into one headset. I think waiting is worth it, especially for the AI features that might come with Meta’s next release.
Sources: Road to VR, UploadVR, Android Authority, TechRadar, Social Media Today, Wikipedia
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