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v.79 PTC Release Thread

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Hey Everyone,

The Public Test Channel (PTC) for Quest v79 started to roll out today for Meta Quest 2, Meta Quest Pro, Meta Quest 3 and Meta Quest 3S.

If you're seeing an issue or bug after updating to PTC v79:

1) For issues: Go to our Get Help board and search for any existing thread on the issue, if you don't find one, make a new thread. Please add the tag "PTC v79" to the thread and in the title. This way everyone can look for just PTC v79 issues too.

2) For bugs: If you come across a bug, please post each one you spot in its own thread, to keep track of individual issues separately. Please make sure to also send in bug reports along with posting on the forums if you notice anything going wrong.

Share your impressions in the comments below and let us know if you see any issues.

We know it's tough when you run into a problem on a PTC build and want to thank you all again for testing out PTC and sharing your feedback! This feedback is extremely helpful to our engineering teams. We appreciate your interest and persistence in testing out the core functionality of software as we develop!

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GamerKing122

New Participant

We need the unknown sources ui changed to look more like the store Apps ui

taffyakachris

Up and Coming

V79.1030 build 5115411.10640.520 installed 18th July.

Still same issue with USB 🙄 right controller still with drift but not as bad as other release...

madeyemarc2025

New Participant

I got today an update from v79.1030 to a newer 1030 version. With this update I get a blue screen when I start Meta Horizon Worlds and the program tries to transfer me to a world or even to the home area. But I only have it with the Meta Quest Pro.

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VRPlayer01

Inspiring

I updated to the latest runtime and now my Quest is utterly saturated in Horizons Worlds crap. I am tearing my hair out trying to get rid of it.

I have ZERO interest in Horizons Worlds ... I don't want it in my library. Previously I could uninstall it or hide it ... now I can't do either ... how do I get rid of it ???? ... Meta I am looking at you ...

Moriarti4

Up and Coming

This what happens when a media company goes into the hardware bizz! The hardware is just a medium for which they can sell just about anything to you.. Sound familiar ? It should I do believe Zuc & Co have taken a play out of Ready Player One and the IOI board meeting "Once we roll back some of the ad restrictions we can put up to 80% of the players field of vision before inducing fits!!" Lets be honest here, Zuc has zero interest in the hardware or VR to that matter, the only thing people like him are interested in is becoming immortalised in history... He WANTS his iPhone moment! and he doesn't care how he gets it!! GREED now pushes technology onwards, some of the worlds best inventions have been cast aside because there wasn't enough profit in it doesn't matter that it's better for people and the planet.! Just keep in mind that the Quest VR headset is nothing but a steeping stone to replacing mobile phones with AR Glasses and being the first to get there! So like me enjoy it whilst you can and in a few years look back and remember the good old days..! lol

taffyakachris

Up and Coming

Todays OS update.. No version number increase.

Y cable USB works after a few less connects & disconnects, but the charging issue still says slow charging.

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TTVPwn1

Up and Coming

Do you use a Fast charging poweroutlet? And is your quest2/3 Full when it says its slow charging?

taffyakachris

Up and Coming

Yes I use fast charging power outlet, Quest 3, and does it both nearly full and low charge. At the moment the workaround is to connect the head set and pc first, click USB connection popup (USB MTP mode, not the developer one) then connect the power.

taffyakachris

Up and Coming

Today's update v79.1030 build 5115411.11530.520 installed 23rd July 2025.

Seems like a firmware update, oddly v79.1031 started downloading first before this install, anyhow its still doing the same Y cable connect\disconnect.

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LyallUlric

New Participant

If there was a change to the passthrough in 79.10.31, change it back it is so disorientating with nearby objects.

And if there's a way to toggle off the new and longer hand tracking tutorial if I've already seen it, please do so, I've seen it a dozen times

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TTVPwn1

Up and Coming

Hello brilliant Developers of Meta? Are you there? Are you ignoring us? You wanna crush all Quests batterys to have better Sales? Can you finally set us back to 77v 78v 55v ? You f*cked up the charging Algo DO YOU UNDERSTAND? IT IS NOT WORKING MR ZUCKERBERG

MetaStoreHelp

Community Manager

We appreciate your posts and the members of our community kindly bringing this to our attention!

We understand that these issues are frustrating, and while we cannot offer an immediate fix, we urge you all to submit bug reports so that we can get these fixed up in time for release. We have linked a guide to this here, for future reference, and will also provide the instructions to submit a bug report on different platforms below:

In order to report a bug from your Meta Quest:

Press Meta button / Oculus button on your right Touch controller to open the Navigator.
On the right, select Quick controls.
Select Report problem.
Select Include or Don't include to add complete logs and diagnostics.
Follow the instructions to submit your report.

In order to report a bug from the Meta Horizon Mobile App:

On your phone, open the Meta Horizon app.
Tap Menu at the top of your Horizon Feed.
Scroll down to Support, then tap Report an issue.
Tap Report a problem, then type an explanation where prompted.
Tap Send in the top right.

Once we have received this, we will look into the activity and network logs, among with other details regarding the issue. Our engineering team will use these details from this point to resolve this for you.

We look forward to receiving some bug reports, and thank you all again for bringing this to our attention.

Happy Gaming!

If you're the author of a thread, remember to mark a reply as the Accepted Solution to help others find answers!

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TTVPwn1

Up and Coming

People who are in the PTC can do this.

We just want the (STABLE-FUNCTIONAL-GOOD) Version.

Do you guys understand that you make VR unplayable right now?
Do you understand that you kill or atleast damage batterys?

We can't charge anymore. ROLL BACK THIS UPDATE TO 77v 78v

Since you force update my Quest3 my Battery is discharging from 100% to 0% in like 10 Minutes.
And i am now the idiot without warranty anymore?
Right now you ruin PCVR.

I don't know why you not listen to us. It is so frustrating.......

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Maccyb123

Honored Contributor

Unless you can get immediate local support it's probably a more sensible approach to stay far away from PTC. When we experience problems with fully tested and released software updates, just think about the risk you are running using PTC. I even switched off auto updates for public release versions until I check that it isn't causing problems. I bought my device in Germany,while there on business/holiday but I live in Türkiye where there is no local support so I stay away from PTC and delay normal updates. If there's an issue with the hardware caused by a software update, I would have to take it back to Germany and get support from there. I want to avoid that.

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TAKEyaDOWN

Participant

I've got a weird ugly ghosting Effect going on around everything. Gets worse the further i look from the Center. Started about 2 to 3 Weeks ago. This is awful. And by God, fix those excruciating Low Memory -and Background Apps - Crashes!

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TAKEyaDOWN

Participant

Seems to have something to do with the Color Blue, as those ghost Effects are way stronger on Blue/Purple Things. Also it's only on above and below the Centre.

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