Netflix has discontinued its streaming app for Quest headsets, Upload VR reportsThe good news for Quest owners is that Meta recently added support for Netflix in the Quest browser, complete with 1080p streaming.
Netflix hasn’t significantly updated its VR app since porting it to Quest in 2019. It never gained streaming or download support, and its resolution remained fixed at 480p. None of that mattered when the app came out 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.
Streaming in the browser solves two of those problems (direct streaming and higher-resolution streaming), but users still can't download Netflix content for offline viewing like they can in, say, the iOS app. Still, watching content in a browser means being able to use other virtual environments while streaming video.
This is similar to what's 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 fine, but it's not as enjoyable as the experience a dedicated app can offer. Thankfully, third-party developers have stepped in to fill the void, releasing apps like Supercut, which streams Netflix in a web view and has a “cinema” environment very similar to the one Apple created for the visionOS Apple TV app.
