Netflix has discontinued its streaming app for Quest headsets, Download VR reportsThe good news for Quest owners is that Meta recently added Netflix support to the Quest browser, with 1080p streaming.
Netflix hadn’t significantly updated its VR app since it was ported to the Quest in 2019. It never gained passthrough or download support, and its resolution remained stuck at 480p. None of this mattered when the app was released for the Samsung Gear VR in 2015, but things have changed a lot in the nine years since.
I imagine some people will miss the cozy Netflix cabin in this YouTube short.
In-browser streaming fixes two of these issues (passthrough and high-resolution streaming), but users still can’t download Netflix content to watch offline like they can, say, in the iOS app. Still, watching in a browser means being able to use other virtual environments while streaming a video.
That’s kind of what happened with the Vision Pro, for which Netflix also doesn’t have an app. Owners of Apple’s headset can still watch Netflix in a browser, which is nice but not as enjoyable as a dedicated app experience can be. Fortunately, third-party developers have stepped in to fill the void, releasing apps like Supercut, which streams Netflix in a web view and has a “theater” environment very similar to the one Apple created for the Apple TV app on VisionOS.