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New Participant
February 23, 2026
Question

Updated my Quest 3S and I’m having an issue with passthrough.

Maybe someone here can help me figure out what’s going on. I updated my headset and now after rebooting it my passthrough when in my log in screen only, is not working.

 

15 replies

steve40
Honored Contributor
February 23, 2026

That is the correct behaviour. Same on our two headsets.

SoundwarpAuthor
New Participant
February 23, 2026

Shouldn’t it be showing pass through tough? I have a Quest 3S and before this update it showed log in with passthrough, not this grey world.

steve40
Honored Contributor
February 23, 2026

Yes and no 😁. I've has Quest 3 for 7 months. It always showed the grey dotted screen. After updating to v85 and restarting the headset, it showed the passthrough, but ONLY UNTIL I powered the headset fully off and on, and then lo and behold, it reverted back to the grey screen. For SOME users, they have it the opposite way around 🤪. Go figure, Meta is weird that way.

SoundwarpAuthor
New Participant
February 24, 2026

Anyone else have any insight to this? Is there  any actual fix or is there something wrong with my headset?

steve40
Honored Contributor
February 24, 2026

I get why that caught your eye - once you notice something, it's hard to un‑see it. But from everything we know, it doesn't affect performance or the overall experience. You might get more enjoyment out of the headset by focusing on what it does well rather than chasing every tiny quirk 🤷‍♂️.

MorpheusXII
Inspiring
March 1, 2026

Well I have Q2 and update to V85 v2.1.1034 and it's bad?

https://communityforums.atmeta.com/discussions/link-v85-troubleshooting/v85v2-1-1034-passthrough-loop/1367976