Quest 2 and Quest Pro get one more feature update, and then they stop growing. In a developer blog post, Meta said feature work for both headsets ends with Horizon OS v213, which reaches every Quest 2 and Quest Pro by March 2027.
v213 is also the last SDK version that supports them. Any OS feature, platform tool or API that comes after it will only run on Quest 3, Quest 3S and newer hardware.
The headsets don't go dark in March. Meta will keep sending security patches and fixes for critical bugs through the end of 2027, so a Quest 2 on a shelf at home stays safe to use for more than a year yet.
After December 2027, Meta won't accept new apps that support Quest 2 or Quest Pro. Developers can still launch new games on Quest 3, Quest 3S and whatever comes next, but a game released in 2028 won't be built for the older pair. That cutoff lands at the same moment the security fixes end.
Meta stopped selling both headsets in 2024, and the company is clearing room for Meta VR Glasses, which it says arrive next spring. Road to VR reported the timeline from Meta's post.
It's a long goodbye.
For someone who owns a Quest 2 today, the near-term change is small. The games and apps you already have keep working, and your headset keeps getting updates until v213 lands. What you lose is everything after that: new system features and any app that needs a newer SDK will skip your headset.
Quest Pro owners are in the same spot, and theirs cost a lot more. Both headsets share the March 2027 feature cutoff and the end-of-2027 security cutoff, with no extra time for the pricier model.
If you're shopping for a used Quest 2 or a cheap Quest Pro, the dates are the part to weigh. You'd be buying a headset with about a year of security fixes left and no new features coming after early 2027. Quest 3S is the cheapest headset Meta keeps building new features for, and it runs on the same chip as Quest 3.