Meta’s new OS update for Quest includes a redesign and train mode

Meta is introducing immoderate large changes with its Quest v71 update, including a redesign of Meta Horizon OS, a calendar app, and the quality to usage Travel Mode connected a train. The update volition commencement rolling retired gradually adjacent week.

Let’s commencement with the redesign. Meta says that it’s “tweaking the look and consciousness of Horizon OS” and that caller headsets volition usage an “improved” airy taxable by default. (Dark mode fans, fearfulness not: the acheronian taxable is inactive present, and if you’re already utilizing it, Meta won’t power you implicit automatically.) Meta has “also made assorted changes to the mode panels look and behave, wherever the power barroom resides, the colors of assorted UI elements, and truthful on,” according to a blog post. And the Settings paper has “a caller look and layout” and improved search.

The calendar app looks like, well, a calendar app, and based connected a little video, it appears you’ll beryllium capable to look done antithetic days portion you’re successful VR. Meta says the app tin integrate with Google and Outlook calendars and volition besides see Meta Horizon Worlds events you subscribe to and meetings you’re invited to that instrumentality spot successful Meta Horizon Workrooms.

With the update to Travel Mode, you’ll beryllium capable to usage the diagnostic erstwhile connected trains. Meta archetypal introduced the diagnostic successful May, but astatine the time, it was lone disposable to usage on airplanes. Note that erstwhile successful Travel Mode, you can’t usage the Quest Pro oregon Touch Plus controllers, truthful immoderate games mightiness beryllium hard to play. Instead, Travel Mode is astir apt amended suited for watching a movie oregon TV amusement portion successful transit. (Meta besides explicitly says that you should not usage question mode successful a car.)