Meta will end feature updates for the Quest 2 and Quest Pro with Horizon OS v2.13, due on all headsets by March 2027. Meta’s developer blog sets out the timeline, with security patches running to the end of 2027.
Meta says apps and games on both headsets will “keep working, solo and multiplayer alike”, and the Store will stay open with everything you’ve bought. New OS features, platform capabilities, and APIs after v2.13 will arrive only on the Quest 3, Quest 3S, and newer.
| When | What happens |
|---|---|
| January 2027 | v2.13, the final OS release, starts rolling out |
| March 2027 | v2.13 reaches all Quest 2 and Quest Pro headsets |
| December 2027 | New app submissions for Quest 2 and Quest Pro close |
| End of 2027 | Quarterly security patches and critical bug fixes stop |
According to UploadVR, SDK v213 is the last one the two headsets will support. Meta also won’t test new OS and SDK releases against them. After submissions close, new games can still launch on the Quest 3, 3S, and newer headsets, but Meta won’t offer them on the Quest 2 or Quest Pro.
Developers can keep publishing updates to their existing apps, and Meta hasn’t set an end date for those. Its app policy also requires at least 180 days’ notice before a developer ends support in a way that costs users content or essential services. Meta says it will keep cross-play working at platform level.
It’s unclear whether studios will keep supporting the older headsets. Android Authority points out that studios may drop older headsets, and owners “could gradually find themselves missing out”. With security updates ending in December 2027, it also argues that going online with one will get harder to recommend. 9to5Google adds that games will keep running “so long as they don’t rely on any new OS features introduced after March 2027.”
Meta acknowledged how many people still use the older headsets:
Quest 2 and Quest Pro laid the foundation for this platform, and millions of people still play on them.
Meta, Quest developer blog
The Quest 2 launched in October 2020 at $300, and the Quest Pro followed in 2022 at $1,500 before Meta cut it to $1,000 four months later. Both share the same chipset. In September 2024, Meta announced at Connect that it would wind down sales of both, alongside the launch of the Quest 3S. By Android Authority’s count, the Quest 2 will get a little over seven years of security support, and the Quest Pro just over five.
Meta has done this before. UploadVR notes that the original Quest stopped getting OS updates in February 2023, and its security and bug fixes ended in August 2024.
Meta now calls the Quest 3 and 3S “the baseline for Meta VR gamers”. Next in line are Meta VR Glasses, due in spring 2027 and running the same OS and SDKs.
