Quest / Go Build 18.0 Release Notes

[ShowbizDonkey]

These features and enhancements will become available throughout the week of 06/29/2020



Universal Menu and Multi-Browser Support

• We’ve continued iterations and updates on the redesigned universal menu that was released as an opt-in feature of v15. These include:

• Design updates to streamline usability and improve discoverability of system apps (Store, Library, Browser, etc)
• Combined Library and Apps into a single panel
• The universal menu will now be accessible as an overlay from within a number of Quest apps.
• Improved the multi-browser experience that allows you to have multiple windows open when browsing the internet in-VR.

Introducing VR tooltips

• We’ve made it easier for you to find and learn how to use new and popular VR features. Look out for tooltips that help guide you through your journey in VR.

Keyboard

• The Oculus in-VR keyboard will now utilize predictive text to make typing in-VR more efficient.

Guardian

• You’ll now be able to change the color of your Guardian Boundary. You can enable this feature by selecting Settings > Guardian > Guardian Boundary.

Notifications

• We’ve made updates to in-VR and in-app notifications. These include:

• You can now fine-tune your in-VR notification preferences from the Settings panel. To do this, select Settings > Device > Notifications.
• Added the ability to interact with notifications
• Ex: Screenshot saved. Press the Oculus button to view your photos.
• Added additional info within the notification to help you understand why you’re seeing it
• Ex: Check out [X app], because you tried [Y app].
• Updated notification styling.
• Please note that these features may only be available to a percentage of users at this time.

Social

• You can now share in-VR content or ask a friend to join you in an app or experience in-VR via Messenger. This can be done by selecting Share > Messenger and then choosing who you’d like to share with.
• Now, when you save a VR post on Facebook, it will show up in your notifications panel the next time you put on your headset.
• If the post includes an app link and you already have the app installed, you’ll be able to open the app directly from the notification. If you don’t have the app installed, you can select the app link to download the app from the Oculus Store.

Voice Commands

• Voice Commands (Beta) is now available to all US English speaking users.
• If you have the redesigned universal menu, you can find it in Settings > Quick Actions > Voice Commands. The Voice Commands icon is located next to the Microphone icon. Otherwise, you can find it directly in your Oculus home menu.
• You can activate Voice Commands (Beta) by clicking on the icon in the Oculus menu or enabling the controller shortcut which allows you to double press the Oculus button to activate Voice Commands (Beta).
• You can change your Voice Commands (Beta) settings by selecting Settings > Device > Voice Commands (Beta).
• Voice Commands (Beta) has been re-designed with sleeker visuals. It also supports a wider breadth of commands.
• Try saying, “Take a photo” to take a screenshot while you’re in an immersive experience, “Start casting” to mirror your headset to another screen or “Turn off” to quickly shut down your headset. You can also ask, “What can I say?” to see more examples of commands available to you.

Known Issues

• Sideloaded 2D applications may not be visible within your library and, as a result, may not be able to launch from the main menu. As a workaround, you should be able to view and launch these sideloaded 2D applications from within Oculus TV.

Fixes

• Fixed a bug that caused some first party apps to show incorrect dates below Library thumbnails.
• Fixed a bug that caused multi-tasking browser windows to merge into a single window when the headset was restarted.
• Fixed a bug that sometimes caused the wrong notification to be shown when a controller battery is low.

[FelicityC]

You can set the quest to not autoupdate via the phone app

[Anonymous]

@FelicityC
Really i hunted high and low but could not find it  😞

[Jogimus]

tewmes said:

I noticed that after the update of the Oculus Quest towards (version 18) on June 30, 2020, the menu became too dark and the image of less good definition than before ... I hope that they will settle quickly because it ruins the use of the VR headset

Sadly same here, too dark menus and texts in those menus are blurry. How this is slippid through quality control!!!!

[boris_novikov]

Jogimus said:

tewmes said:

I noticed that after the update of the Oculus Quest towards (version 18) on June 30, 2020, the menu became too dark and the image of less good definition than before ... I hope that they will settle quickly because it ruins the use of the VR headset

Sadly same here, too dark menus and texts in those menus are blurry. How this is slippid through quality control!!!!

Not every device is affected. I guess it is the reason it wasn't caught. Maybe only new hardware revision is affected. I got mine in june, month ago, and have this problem. People who got it in winter or earlier reports no problem. When have you got your quest?

[Jogimus]

boris.novikov said:

Jogimus said:

tewmes said:

I noticed that after the update of the Oculus Quest towards (version 18) on June 30, 2020, the menu became too dark and the image of less good definition than before ... I hope that they will settle quickly because it ruins the use of the VR headset

Sadly same here, too dark menus and texts in those menus are blurry. How this is slippid through quality control!!!!

Not every device is affected. I guess it is the reason it wasn't caught. Maybe only new hardware revision is affected. I got mine in june, month ago, and have this problem. People who got it in winter or earlier reports no problem. When have you got your quest?

About 5-6weeks ago.. I had "new style UI preview" and couple of games loaded using Sidequest before this update..  nothing too uncommon...

[Vanteal]

Well, I think it's safe to say this release is a bug-filled disaster!...I hate how updates are rolled out these days. Development companies are getting rid of their bug/tester teams to save money and instead rely on the public to report bugs by submitting them to the dev team. Except most people don't do that. So the majority of the bugs that could have been found and fixed before any update is released, is instead pushed out to the public to depend on us to do their job for them. Because again, it's all about money, money, money! As long as we give them our money that's all that matters, while we end up with buggy/glitchy/broken devices. This sucks. I've had nothing but problems with my quest since I got it last month. 

[RedRocket316]

I have two Quests and both have received the v18 update, but only one of them is having issues with the dark menus (New Menus) and the browser & video app.  There must be a hardware variance between units that is causing the problem in some units, but not others.  I tried a factory reset in the unit that was affected, but the problem still exists.  The problem did not exist for either Quest with the V17 firmware. I did open a support ticket with Oculus and hopefully they will get this sorted out & fixed.

[MacPhyle-Elizab]

ever since the version eighteen update, whenever i wake my quest from sleep, all i get is a black screen. my only fix that i know of is to restart the quest.

[Oliver2222]

there's a bug in the casting with 18 when casting to xbox airs ever  will there be a fix anyone else had this 

[kenshinesca]

giulionicolai said:

After the update air receiver cast doesn't work any more. So now i'm not able to cast to my pc. It just says "Streaming/Casting error. Your stream has been stopped." whenever I try to connect. I'm pretty sure v18 update broke it and now I don't know what to do. Anyone having similar issues?

Having the same issue after v18 update airreceiver doesn't work.  It seems like casting to chromecast devices is also broken after the update.

Another issue is the menus are really dark for me and no brightness adjustment.  I don't think the menus are meant to be this dark.