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droogan
New Participant
March 7, 2026
Question

IR emitters on quest 3s headset stopped working after recent update

I noticed after seeing a controller update, for some reason it appears the IR emitters stopped working on the headset as I can no longer play games when it's dark and it struggles tracking even when its just a little dim.

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      steve40
      steve40
      Honored Contributor
      March 7, 2026

      Sounds familiar. Maybe try the solution below, viz, disable the "Suggest to connect" option in the Link settings under 'Remote Desktop'.

      quest 3s IR lights not turning on | Meta Community Forums - 1351080

      There's also an alternative solution, which is to disable: settings>devices>keyboard>"show my keyboard".

      Why can't I use my quest 3s in the dark | Meta Community Forums - 1336056

        drooganAuthor
        New Participant
        March 9, 2026

        I saw these posts as I was trying to look for a solution, but I checked in settings and they were not enabled so I think this is an issue with the newest update.

        steve40
        steve40
        Honored Contributor
        March 9, 2026

        Report the bug via the headset Quick Settings>Report Problem.

          conbiy
          New Participant
          March 12, 2026

          I'm so glad I'm not the only one mine's just stopped too I'm assuming that it's a update bug I'm not too sure yet but I'm doing lots of research

          drooganAuthor
          New Participant
          March 20, 2026

          Yeah I've checked everywhere and there seems to be no solutions as of yet, I've also seen some people with the same problem but no solution.

          Maccyb123
          Honored Contributor
          March 20, 2026

          It must be a random bug, my 3s is OK. Have you tried connecting the headset to the pc and running the Meta Software Update tool? It might fix it. 

          Maccyb
            drooganAuthor
            New Participant
            March 22, 2026

            This didn't work for me, it seems to be a problem with the most recent update so I don't think it really did much. Are you using your quest 3s in a dark environment with no hand tracking? Based on things I've seen from other people with this issue is that when hand tracking is enabled it works fine in the dark but once controllers are picked up the emitters turn off.

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