The Netflix App for Quest Headsets is No More
Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge
Netflix has discontinued its streaming app for Quest headsets, Upload VR reports. The good news for Quest owners is that Meta recently added support for Netflix in the Quest browser, complete with 1080p streaming.
Netflix hadn’t significantly updated its VR app since porting it to the Quest in 2019. It never gained passthrough or download support, and its resolution stayed pinned at 480p.
I’d imagine some people will miss the cozy Netflix cabin in the YouTube Short above, though.
Streaming in the browser fixes two of those things — passthrough and higher-resolution streaming — but users still can’t download Netflix’s content to watch offline the way they can in, say, the iOS app. Still, watching in a browser means being able to use other apps or features concurrently, which is a step forward.
source: https://www.theverge.com/2024/7/16/24199965/the-netflix-app-for-quest-headsets-is-no-more
