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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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Moriarti4

Up and Coming

Meta AI Is NOT available outside of the USA and there is NO timetable as to when it will be ! before Meta AI there was voice control which yet again wasn't available outside the USA and never was.! So basically if you really ever want Meta AI move to the US....lol

Moriarti4

Up and Coming

V79 has been out in the PTC for 2 months now, normally the next build is released by now ie V80 ? I get the feeling that we won't see anymore PTC builds until after September (Meta Connect) I guess they don't want to answer awkward questions about bricked headsets with the world watching ?? lol

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INSTG8R75

Participant

I’ve dropped out of the PTC because turns out I was only getting the PTC App out of not realizing I needed to add my Q3(which I can’t) anyway. Being back on Public the battery draining issue is still present tho today I’ve been doing some short plays(American Truck Simulator) and it’s all over the place. I played for a good 30min or more(I’m always using official Link) when I shut down it was still at 100%(the cable has always kept a pretty decent “balance” for letting me pretty much play as long as I want. It’s only quite recently that I’ve actually had to stop playing and recharge(I’ve had it for I’d guess 8-9 months or more) and have never had to actually shut down and recharge.
Now back on point. I was playing earlier for a good 30min or more and it was still at 100% percent when I shut it down. Now I was just playing again and kinda decided I didn’t really feel like it so was maybe 10-15 min tops and when I shut down it was at 92%. So even the battery draining issue is inconsistent…For total clarity I run the official Link cable via my motherboards back panel Type-C which “should” and has always been sufficient 15W it’s my understanding the charger plug it comes with is 18W frankly I can’t really see any real difference in the time it takes to recharge so I just leave it plugged into my PC as obviously digging around behind my PC every time I need to charge it is a hassle,

Anywho now that I’ve gotten that all off my chest my question is has the PTC shown any fixes for this as of late? I mean it’s a pretty obvious and new issue to the point my main gaming buddy who actually got me into VR with the Q2 and was hooked enough to get a Q3. I asked him if he ever remembers me ever having to stop playing and recharge(we play a lot of ATS/ETS and ED together “trucking” for hours) his response was a definite “No sir you have not” It’s far too “young” for the battery to be having issues and I know I’m not alone in this either.
I just really want this issue fixed because I’m pretty much gaming 100% in VR and this has suddenly become a hindrance to my play time and I’m forced to use my 34” OLED(LOL) and I won’t lie as great as the monitor is I really don’t like it vs playing the same games in VR despite me even having TrackIR 5 for years so I’m totally used to having full freedom of movement it’s just not as great an experience .

C”mon Meta it’s not like it’s running any better to justify the sudden battery draining so for the love of all that is decent fix whatever you have done to cause this…

I do really wish I could be fully in the PTC as I’m using mine 100% of my gaming time and I already beta test for AMD so I know technically this is an echo chamber as far as getting anything fixed but I have more than enough experience with Beta Testing to know what’s worth contributing…

Edit: I should add I’m still on V78 1027 installed July 5

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hatsuratsu

Up and Coming

edit: maybe i got you wrong, so i have delted my old post.

after which playtime did your quest 3 shutdown while it gets some charge via usb and using meta link?

(general note: that the usb-port provides 15 watt does not mean quest 3 gets or drains 15watt all the time but it mean the this port does not provide usb power delivery with more than ~5V.

if the quests 3 battery charged high enough --> it won't drain as much as it can, it will even slowly loose charge UNTIL a certain point,

if the cable is very long and if the port only provides 5V and maybe the voltage als drops a bit because of cable resistance and contact resistence, quest 3 will NOT drain the full 3A.

so there are several reasons when quest 3 does not demand or want to drain full power of the port and some are just normal [as you can see in the image the quest is NOT fully charged this is 65w pd charger and it does currently demand nearly nothing, 3,6W... this will change if quest 3 battery is drained more]

if you connect quest 3 to a port with powerdelivery with more than 5V and you also have checked that power delivery is working and voltage is increased over 5V it still can drop some percentage on battery while it is connected but will stabilize at a certain point and demand more power and NEVER shut down)

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hatsuratsu

Up and Coming

meta what happened to the the window-follow-me function?

it looks like it is gone (and this was a useful feature for using the pt and walking around :-/ )

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Maccyb123

Honored Contributor

Dear friend hatsuratsu. Can I ask you something? In the past day or so your messages are appearing on my email feed. That's ok, but you seem to be editing the same messages multiple times. I have received the same email slightly edited at least 20 times and now already 2 of another. Can you try to get your email right first time? 😂 And small errors don't matter, we still understand you !

Have a great day !

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hatsuratsu

Up and Coming

The option for editing is very important so an answer can be edited until the writer thinks the answer is good and/or correct enough, explained well enough, and filled with enough details. This is especially important for non-native speakers and technical things.

So, who should be blamed first? The person who rethinks and rewrites the answer so it can be better in several ways (correctness, details, removing spelling mistakes, etc.), or Meta with its notification system?!? :D

Personally, I think Meta. Triggering an email notification again for editing an answer in a public thread... this is not how it should be implemented.

Mazing

Inspiring

Why does my headset want to install the same update a second time?

The version numbers for the new update are the exact same as the update I installed 4 days ago.

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Anonymous

Mazing

V78.1031 build 5105226.11950.520 (138MB) installs and then repeats showing as new update | Meta Community Forums - 1339847

Mazing

Inspiring

Thank you.

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NomadsAnIsland

Honored Contributor

Update installed this morning. V79.1031 build 5171691.10320.150 Oculus Games Optimizer reports a release date of Aug 11, 2025.

Appears to have fixed the overly long power off sequence - thank you!

Not fixed: Unable to change Meta AI assistance voice - no response to edit button in settings.

New (existed it prior version): Bluetooth will not connect to my hearing aids. Device will pair, but can no longer connect. Was working in earlier versions.

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Anonymous

NomadsAnIsland do you have the window follow me function?

Mazing

Inspiring

Isn't that travel mode?

Moriarti4

Up and Coming

Gone very quite on the PTC channel for the last week ??!!?? No rumour's as to when V80 or whatever number they come up with will be out on the web ? My guess is Meta R & D has conscripted all the coders to get the software for the new AR specs that has been rumoured to be revelled in a month at Meta Connect somewhat ready (Never say software from meta is EVER ready!)

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Anonymous

More good publicity -

Meta is aware that update V79 broke many third party link cables : r/MetaQuestVR

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kylespringer

Participant

When the hell is this issue going to be fixed and an update released?!?!?! This is ridiculous!!!! I’ve really grown to dislike meta over the years as a marketer and developer, vr was the last good piece of meta I appreciated, but the lack of resolution on things like this are changing that.

OsmanAbdelrhim

New Participant

Thank you, the manufacturer.

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