[Observation] [Quest OS v81.1034] Wrist Meta Button option missing – behavior differs from doc
After updating to Quest OS v81.1034 (Nov 05, 2025), I noticed that the Wrist Meta Button setting has been removed (or hidden) from the Advanced Settings menu.
The official Wrist Buttons design doc is still available and unchanged, so I’m hoping this might be part of an ongoing revision or bug fix.
Before this update, the feature had a noticeable inconsistency with the official documentation:
According to the design doc, the two-hand interaction (tapping or pressing the wrist button with the opposite hand’s index finger) is the intended default, while the single-hand pinch gesture is an accessibility fallback — to be used only when it’s not comfortable or possible to use both hands.
However, in actual behavior, the OS triggered the System Menu with a pinch even when both hands were tracked, making the fallback gesture always active instead of conditional.
I’m hoping the removal of the Wrist Meta Button setting in v81.1034 may be related to fixing or revising this behavior.
If this change is intentional, it would be great to have an update or clarification in the documentation or release notes, since the feature had strong potential for accessibility and kiosk/demo experiences.
Environment:
- Device: Meta Quest 3
- OS Version: v81.1034 (Nov 05, 2025)
- Hand Tracking: ON
- Controllers: OFF
Reference:
Previous discussion and bug report about pinch behavior:
System Menu appears on finger pinch – how to disable it?