{"id":82750,"date":"2024-07-01T06:20:38","date_gmt":"2024-07-01T13:20:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/techreviewers.net\/meta-is-pulling-the-plug-on-quest-1-security-patches-next-month\/"},"modified":"2024-07-01T06:20:38","modified_gmt":"2024-07-01T13:20:38","slug":"meta-is-pulling-the-plug-on-quest-1-security-patches-next-month","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/techreviewers.net\/meta-is-pulling-the-plug-on-quest-1-security-patches-next-month\/","title":{"rendered":"Meta is Pulling the Plug on Quest 1 Security Patches Next Month"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Meta announced that security patches for Quest 1 are officially coming to an end next month, marking the final phase-out of the now five-year-old headset.<\/p>\n

Meta sent an email to Quest 1 owners on Friday stating the 2019-era Quest will no longer receive any security updates or bug fixes starting August 31st, 2024.<\/p>\n

While users will still be able to download and play supported apps, the company notes that \u201cif any security vulnerabilities are discovered in the future, private data that is directly stored on the device or accessible from it would be at risk of compromise.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Quest [left] and Quest 2 [right] | Photo by Road to VR<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The first indication that Quest 1 was headed for the chopping block came in early 2023 when Meta announced that first-party social apps\u00a0Parties<\/em>\u00a0and\u00a0Meta Horizon Home\u00a0<\/em>would no longer support Quest 1<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Then, in March 2024, the company announced it was removing the ability for developers to target Quest 1<\/a>\u00a0for new apps, essentially halting any new games or experiences.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s unclear whether Quest 2 will meet a similar fate so quickly. While Meta hasn\u2019t released official sales figures, the company\u2019s 2020-gen standalone is widely considered the best-selling VR headset to date. To boot, it still holding the top spot as a the most popular VR headset on\u00a0Steam<\/a>, with 38.10% of surveyed users using Quest 2 to play SteamVR games.<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, Meta appears to making room for a new headset to supplant Quest 2 in its lineup, as Quest is now\u00a0out of stock in nearly all regions<\/a>\u00a0when purchased direct from Meta.<\/p>\n

You can see the full email from Meta to Quest 1 owners below: <\/p>\n

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Hi [User],<\/p>\n

We\u2019d like to let you know that starting August 31, 2024, we will no longer provide bug fixes or security updates for Meta Quest 1 headsets. You will still be able to download new apps and continue using your existing apps as long as they are supported by the developer. However, if any security vulnerabilities are discovered in the future, private data that is directly stored on the device or accessible from it would be at risk of compromise.<\/p>\n

This update follows our announcement in\u00a0January 2023<\/a>, when we stopped releasing new features and new Meta Quest apps for Quest 1 on the Quest Store.<\/p>\n

We\u2019re excited about the future of Meta Quest and look forward to providing you with more groundbreaking MR experiences.<\/p>\n

In the meantime,\u00a0Meta Store Support<\/a>\u00a0is available to assist you with general inquiries.<\/p>\n

Thanks,<\/p>\n

The Meta Store Support Team<\/p>\n<\/blockquote><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Meta announced that security patches for Quest 1 are officially coming to an end next month, marking the final phase-out of the now five-year-old headset. Meta sent an email to Quest 1 owners on Friday stating the 2019-era Quest will no longer receive any security updates or bug fixes starting […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":38,"featured_media":82751,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ocean_post_layout":"","ocean_both_sidebars_style":"","ocean_both_sidebars_content_width":0,"ocean_both_sidebars_sidebars_width":0,"ocean_sidebar":"","ocean_second_sidebar":"","ocean_disable_margins":"enable","ocean_add_body_class":"","ocean_shortcode_before_top_bar":"","ocean_shortcode_after_top_bar":"","ocean_shortcode_before_header":"","ocean_shortcode_after_header":"","ocean_has_shortcode":"","ocean_shortcode_after_title":"","ocean_shortcode_before_footer_widgets":"","ocean_shortcode_after_footer_widgets":"","ocean_shortcode_before_footer_bottom":"","ocean_shortcode_after_footer_bottom":"","ocean_display_top_bar":"default","ocean_display_header":"default","ocean_header_style":"","ocean_center_header_left_menu":"","ocean_custom_header_template":"","ocean_custom_logo":0,"ocean_custom_retina_logo":0,"ocean_custom_logo_max_width":0,"ocean_custom_logo_tablet_max_width":0,"ocean_custom_logo_mobile_max_width":0,"ocean_custom_logo_max_height":0,"ocean_custom_logo_tablet_max_height":0,"ocean_custom_logo_mobile_max_height":0,"ocean_header_custom_menu":"","ocean_menu_typo_font_family":"","ocean_menu_typo_font_subset":"","ocean_menu_typo_font_size":0,"ocean_menu_typo_font_size_tablet":0,"ocean_menu_typo_font_size_mobile":0,"ocean_menu_typo_font_size_unit":"px","ocean_menu_typo_font_weight":"","ocean_menu_typo_font_weight_tablet":"","ocean_menu_typo_font_weight_mobile":"","ocean_menu_typo_transform":"","ocean_menu_typo_transform_tablet":"","ocean_menu_typo_transform_mobile":"","ocean_menu_typo_line_height":0,"ocean_menu_typo_line_height_tablet":0,"ocean_menu_typo_line_height_mobile":0,"ocean_menu_typo_line_height_unit":"","ocean_menu_typo_spacing":0,"ocean_menu_typo_spacing_tablet":0,"ocean_menu_typo_spacing_mobile":0,"ocean_menu_typo_spacing_unit":"","ocean_menu_link_color":"","ocean_menu_link_color_hover":"","ocean_menu_link_color_active":"","ocean_menu_link_background":"","ocean_menu_link_hover_background":"","ocean_menu_link_active_background":"","ocean_menu_social_links_bg":"","ocean_menu_social_hover_links_bg":"","ocean_menu_social_links_color":"","ocean_menu_social_hover_links_color":"","ocean_disable_title":"default","ocean_disable_heading":"default","ocean_post_title":"","ocean_post_subheading":"","ocean_post_title_style":"","ocean_post_title_background_color":"","ocean_post_title_background":0,"ocean_post_title_bg_image_position":"","ocean_post_title_bg_image_attachment":"","ocean_post_title_bg_image_repeat":"","ocean_post_title_bg_image_size":"","ocean_post_title_height":0,"ocean_post_title_bg_overlay":0.5,"ocean_post_title_bg_overlay_color":"","ocean_disable_breadcrumbs":"default","ocean_breadcrumbs_color":"","ocean_breadcrumbs_separator_color":"","ocean_breadcrumbs_links_color":"","ocean_breadcrumbs_links_hover_color":"","ocean_display_footer_widgets":"default","ocean_display_footer_bottom":"default","ocean_custom_footer_template":"","ocean_post_oembed":"","ocean_post_self_hosted_media":"","ocean_post_video_embed":"","ocean_link_format":"","ocean_link_format_target":"self","ocean_quote_format":"","ocean_quote_format_link":"post","ocean_gallery_link_images":"on","ocean_gallery_id":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[741,5175,1786,2056,802,2058],"tags":[734,5173,1773,2051,797,2053],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/techreviewers.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/82750"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/techreviewers.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/techreviewers.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/techreviewers.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/38"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/techreviewers.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=82750"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/techreviewers.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/82750\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/techreviewers.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/82751"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/techreviewers.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=82750"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/techreviewers.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=82750"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/techreviewers.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=82750"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}