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Ryanality
Ryanality
Honored Contributor
May 1, 2023

Meta Quest build v53 release notes

These features and enhancements will become available starting the week of April 27th, 2023 and will be pushed to Meta Quest Pro and Meta Quest 2 headsets. 

 

Parental Supervision content filters for Meta Quest Browser

We are adding the ability to block access to certain website categories  in Meta Quest Browser (examples: adult content, alcohol/tobacco, weapons, etc.). Once you’ve turned on Parental Supervision, parents can enable these content filters from the Meta Quest mobile app. 

 

WIFI 6E support for Meta Quest Pro

If you have a Quest Pro, you can now connect to WiFi 6 GHz networks for lower latency and faster, more consistent download and upload speeds.


Advanced camera settings leaving Experimental Features

Advanced camera settings are moving from Experimental Features to the Camera tab under Settings. You can use these advanced settings to capture VR gameplay videos at different frame rates, aspect ratios, bit rates, and with image stabilization.

 

Stereo audio for video recording

We are beginning to roll out stereo audio for video recording. All video captures will record stereo audio instead of monophonic audio.

 

Update apps during shutdown

When you shutdown your headset, you will now have the option to update apps before the headset powers off. This will help minimize the number of app updates that you have to complete the next time you want to jump into a VR app or game.

  • This will be rolling out gradually. 

 

Text readout on system keyboard

A readout will show up when you are using the system keyboard. This will allow you to quickly glance at what you’re typing in VR and make easy edits and should reduce eye and neck strain.

 

Select time zone and edit time

You will now be able to select the time zone on your headset and manually edit the displayed time. To do this, select the date at the top of the Quick Settings panel.


VR notification grouping

Multiple notifications from a specific app will now be grouped together, allowing you to more efficiently interact with them. 

 

Twitch.tv on Meta Quest Browser

You can now log in to Twitch.tv from Meta Quest Browser. Access content, chat with friends, and watch and subscribe to your favorite Twitch streamers in VR. 

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    PapoMester
    New Participant
    May 10, 2023

    Hi. I got the old 64GB Quest 2. Last week was working fine with v51. Today I saw many new things when started the device and the whole performance went out of the window. I checked and it was updated to v53. The whole device is unusable now. I played Resident Evil 4 last week with very good performance. Now it feels like 5 fps at max. Is there any way to go back to v51 until v53 gets fixed?

      eden437170
      eden437170
      New Participant
      May 11, 2023

      On the v53 PTC, many bugs and glitches have been reported, but there hasn't been an update since the second release. It's unclear if these issues have been resolved, and people are questioning if Meta still reads these threads.

        readthis13
        New Participant
        May 12, 2023

        I'm on version v54, and my Quest Pro (that's 1.5 weeks old) cannot see the SSID for the 6Ghz network. I have a SSID setup for it specifically, with only the 6Ghz channel enabled (so no band steering needed), and my MacBook Pro M2 connects just fine (and is what I'm currently using to write this). 

         

        I have no issues seeing the SSID and connecting to the 5Ghz WiFi 6 SSID on the Quest Pro. I've tried a number of channels on the 6Ghz network (37 and 53), but again, the Quest Pro doesn't even see the SSID. And, the MBP does without issue. Not sure what else to do here, but it would seem as though 6e does not work at this time (at least for me).

         

        The network device is a Ubiquiti U6 Enterprise In-Wall.

          jdawg461976
          Participant
          May 12, 2023

          join the club. yet...we dont get much back from Meta on this issue. consider yourself lucky, my quest pro sees my 6ghz network fine, but it will disconnect a few minutes after I get into an airlink session. then it wont see it for up to 5 minutes, but if it does still happen to see it, it tells me the access point is temporarily full- which its not. I bought a new router that will arrive Saturday just so i can test it, but I expect the same **bleep** results. I wish meta would say "we are still working on 6e connectivity" instead of letting us believe its all good. i put in a meta support request and the guy pretty much said that, but you may not see anything official on that.

            readthis13
            New Participant
            May 12, 2023

            Being that this is in public beta, I suppose some of this is to be expected. I'm guessing they have some issues to work through, and the more people that speak up, the better chance we'll be at getting a fix. I know there's a 6e bug in Android 12 (I'm not sure what the Quest Pro is running or if it's related), and I'm not sure if that has anything to do with this, but my AP does broadcast a "wifi6e-control" SSID that is hidden, and can't be connected to. Ubiquiti has said (within their forums) that this is by design due to the bug (which they don't explain), but doesn't cause any issues. This post was written about it, but it's only accessible if you have Early Access (and an account). I mention it as maybe it'll help with Meta's troubleshooting. 

             

            I'd have been fine w/ the 5Ghz connection as I'm seeing 1700-2500 Mbps, but I'm having repeated tracking issues w/ the controllers when connected to a PC via Airlink & Remote Desktop (I've tried 2 now, both with 4090's, both on Ethernet w/ one on a 10Gb switch). I'm not sure what I'll do here, and might consider trying a USB to see if that helps matters, but I might need to consider returning the Quest Pro altogether. I can deal with a lot of issues, but repeated failures in tracking isn't one of them... 

              jdawg461976
              Participant
              May 12, 2023

              quest pro is running android 12 as of v53, glad you mentioned that about the bug. Will do some research although i am sure i wont find a fix, good to know its a known issue. i also have a 4090, running on my 5ghz and getting good response and no tracking issues, so Im good for now, but I spent $600 on my router just for the 6e. oh well, i have wasted more money than that on dumb **bleep**...

                NomadsAnIsland
                Honored Contributor
                May 12, 2023

                Recently updated to v53. I don't see much different from previous release.

                Different graphics on the power/battery icon and I can drag and drop apps from the app library panel to one of the multi-task panels and the File Browser app removed is about it.

                The last few release seem to have so little changes why not call them "dot" releases?

                  Artins
                  Artins
                  Up and Coming
                  May 13, 2023

                  After updating to v53 I am noticing some strange artifacts at the very right edge of the FOV (right eye) when using Oculus Link over USB.
                  They happen only when turning the headset quickly from side to side and they look like white static noise, like the noise you would get on an old analog TV without signal.
                  I confirmed that it doesn't happen in native Quest apps, so far I tried to reinstall the PC client but it didn't solve the issue. The PC is running an Nvidia RTX 3080 Ti with the latest drivers.

                    RuinerD
                    RuinerD
                    New Participant
                    May 14, 2023

                    Same here! Glitchy snow / static using Airlink or VD. Just happens in the right side of the headset, but is fairly distracting. Emerged after this update. Also have a 3080ti.

                      jdawg461976
                      Participant
                      May 13, 2023

                      hey all people with the 6e connectivity problem. Some guy on reddit noticed that he was having trouble with wifi 6(5ghz) on his controllers but felt like the problem was to do with wpa3, so he set it to wpa2, and his problems went away. Another guy made a suggestion about 6e, but you can only have wpa3 or open enhanced(no authentication) on 6e. I then set my router to do open enhanced on my 6e, and mac address authentication and did not have any drops so far. Going to test further, but if your router can do it(should be able if its a 6e). So far so good. Give it a shot the people with wifi 6e issues.

                        readthis13
                        New Participant
                        May 13, 2023

                        Wifi 6e is 6Ghz, and that's what I'm having issues with. No issues w/ 5Ghz. Aside from controller tracking issues. No way I can get 100% on any Beatsaber song. The controller will just stop, or lag, or freeze in mid swing (just staying on screen in one place), and so on. This is while I'm connected at 2000Mbps+ WiFi 6 connection.

                          NomadsAnIsland
                          Honored Contributor
                          May 20, 2023

                          Well the ghost hands are gone in Direct Touch. I knew it was too good to last. No reason for me to use Direct Touch now.

                          I noticed since updating to v53 when I want to quit an app by pressing the Oculus button the headset freezes up and the Universal Menu and Quit/Resume screen doesn't show. After a while and "App is not responding - Close App or Wait" screen pops up and I can close the app and continue. Sometimes I have to restart the headset to continue.

                          Mizyks301
                          New Participant
                          May 21, 2023

                          my quest 2 started to have microstutters since the new update. it's weird. it's really bad at 72hz and playable with 120hz. i do simracing and really can't play with microstutters. really frustrated when update comes and pretty much ruins your device...

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