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April 26, 2026
Question

Severe Lag on Meta Quest 3 When Playing PCVR (Steam) – Started About a Week Ago

Hi, I’m currently using a Meta Quest 3 and mainly play PCVR games through Steam on my PC.

Everything had been working fine, but about a week ago I started experiencing severe lag and performance issues in-game. The gameplay has become noticeably unstable compared to before.

Nothing significant has changed on my setup as far as I know, so I’m wondering if this could be related to a recent update (either Meta software, Quest firmware, or Steam/PCVR updates).

Similar posts are showing up on Reddit as well.

Has anyone else experienced similar issues recently, or is there a known fix?

Thanks in advance.

1 reply

Degly
Degly
Inspiring
May 11, 2026

You’re definitely not the only one reporting this recently, especially with Quest Link / Air Link + SteamVR after newer updates.

What I did to make a friend's setup work:

  • Disable SteamVR Home temporarily
  • Test both Link cable and Air Link separately
  • Update GPU drivers, but also check if a recent driver update caused it
  • Try lowering bitrate/resolution temporarily to see if the issue is encode/network related
  • Check if the Meta Quest Link app updated recently in the background

Hopefully that works for you too, and if it doesn't I'm sure a reinstall would fix it!

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