Netflix app for Quest headset is no more

Netflix app for Quest headset is no more

UploadVR reports that Netflix has discontinued its streaming app for the Quest headset. The good news for Quest owners is that Meta recently added support for Netflix in the Quest browser, which comes with 1080p streaming.

Netflix hadn't significantly updated its VR app since porting it to the Quest in 2019. It never got passthrough or download support, and its resolution remained stuck at 480p. None of that mattered when the app came out for Samsung Gear VR in 2015, but things have changed a lot in the nine years since then.

However, I imagine some people will miss the cozy Netflix cabin in this YouTube short.

Streaming in the browser fixes two of those things — passthrough and high-resolution streaming — but users still can't download Netflix content for offline viewing, as they can in the iOS app. Still, watching in the browser means being able to use another virtual environment while streaming video.

This is similar to what happened on the Vision Pro, for which Netflix doesn't even have an app. Owners of Apple's headset can still watch Netflix in the browser, which is fine but not as good as a dedicated app experience could be. Thankfully, third-party developers have stepped in to fill this gap, releasing apps like Supercut, which streams Netflix in a WebView and has a "cinema" environment that's similar to the one Apple created for the VisionOS Apple TV app.