Quest Pro controllers go to sleep too quickly.

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June 8, 2023
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Both my partner and I have Quest Pros. We AirLink them to our PCs and play VRChat that way. However, we've both noticed that if we stop moving our hands for only about 10 to 15 seconds the controllers seem to go into a sleep mode which causes our characters in VR's arms to drop straight down to their sides. We can wake the controllers back up by wiggling them a bit but it's quite annoying and jarring to have your arms constantly fall to your sides. It's especially annoying when you're using one controller to scroll through a menu and the other goes to sleep causing the game to enter into one controller mode and then the controller you were using to scroll a menu now moves your character so the menu closes and your character starts moving in some direction. I have looked all over but do not see a way to adjust how frequently the controllers go to sleep when not being moved. I've also tried factory resetting both the headset and the controllers.

Best answer by MetaStoreHelp

We appreciate that this may appear to be a problem, however it is a function that the controllers have in order to conserve battery life. They will sleep in order to save energy; however, we have found that some of our customers have been able to work around this by enabling the hand tracking feature. You can also suggest an idea for a fix to our developers on our ideas page as we realize this is something that might need a look at.

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This problem isn’t only with the Pro controllers. The auto-sleep is seriously pissing me off. It really ruins the experience and immersion. The controllers turn off even when I’m just scrolling a web page. I’m constantly having to move my hand, press buttons, and wait for them to bother reconnecting. What energy saving? The controllers even wake up with the headset turned off, you just tap them and they turn on. Then when I actually need them, they’re dead even without being used, so I keep swapping batteries.

During active use they shut off every 10 seconds. Like… did nobody test this? What am I supposed to do with rechargeable batteries? If I want the controllers on, they should stay on! If the batteries drain, I’ll replace them!