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Quest / Go Build 18.0 Release Notes

ShowbizDonkey
Retired Support
These features and enhancements will become available throughout the week of 06/29/2020



Universal Menu and Multi-Browser Support

  • We’ve continued iterations and updates on the redesigned universal menu that was released as an opt-in feature of v15. These include:

    • Design updates to streamline usability and improve discoverability of system apps (Store, Library, Browser, etc)
    • Combined Library and Apps into a single panel
    • The universal menu will now be accessible as an overlay from within a number of Quest apps.
  • Improved the multi-browser experience that allows you to have multiple windows open when browsing the internet in-VR.

Introducing VR tooltips

  • We’ve made it easier for you to find and learn how to use new and popular VR features. Look out for tooltips that help guide you through your journey in VR.

Keyboard

  • The Oculus in-VR keyboard will now utilize predictive text to make typing in-VR more efficient.

Guardian

  • You’ll now be able to change the color of your Guardian Boundary. You can enable this feature by selecting Settings > Guardian > Guardian Boundary.

Notifications

  • We’ve made updates to in-VR and in-app notifications. These include:

  • You can now fine-tune your in-VR notification preferences from the Settings panel. To do this, select Settings > Device > Notifications.
  • Added the ability to interact with notifications
    • Ex: Screenshot saved. Press the Oculus button to view your photos.
  • Added additional info within the notification to help you understand why you’re seeing it
    • Ex: Check out [X app], because you tried [Y app].
  • Updated notification styling.
  • Please note that these features may only be available to a percentage of users at this time.

Social

  • You can now share in-VR content or ask a friend to join you in an app or experience in-VR via Messenger. This can be done by selecting Share > Messenger and then choosing who you’d like to share with.
  • Now, when you save a VR post on Facebook, it will show up in your notifications panel the next time you put on your headset.
    • If the post includes an app link and you already have the app installed, you’ll be able to open the app directly from the notification. If you don’t have the app installed, you can select the app link to download the app from the Oculus Store.

Voice Commands

  • Voice Commands (Beta) is now available to all US English speaking users.
    • If you have the redesigned universal menu, you can find it in Settings > Quick Actions > Voice Commands. The Voice Commands icon is located next to the Microphone icon. Otherwise, you can find it directly in your Oculus home menu.
    • You can activate Voice Commands (Beta) by clicking on the icon in the Oculus menu or enabling the controller shortcut which allows you to double press the Oculus button to activate Voice Commands (Beta).
    • You can change your Voice Commands (Beta) settings by selecting Settings > Device > Voice Commands (Beta).
  • Voice Commands (Beta) has been re-designed with sleeker visuals. It also supports a wider breadth of commands.
    • Try saying, “Take a photo” to take a screenshot while you’re in an immersive experience, “Start casting” to mirror your headset to another screen or “Turn off” to quickly shut down your headset. You can also ask, “What can I say?” to see more examples of commands available to you.

Known Issues

  • Sideloaded 2D applications may not be visible within your library and, as a result, may not be able to launch from the main menu. As a workaround, you should be able to view and launch these sideloaded 2D applications from within Oculus TV.



Fixes

  • Fixed a bug that caused some first party apps to show incorrect dates below Library thumbnails.
  • Fixed a bug that caused multi-tasking browser windows to merge into a single window when the headset was restarted.
  • Fixed a bug that sometimes caused the wrong notification to be shown when a controller battery is low.
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kevinwarhaft
Adventurer

nalex66 said:



so i did the update to 18 but im still on 17 how can i fix it 


If you're still on v17, then you haven't received this update yet. It's not available to everyone, it rolls out slowly over the course of a week or longer.


i fixed it thanks
kevin warhaft

Shakki_
Honored Guest
Oculus, in case you're reading, some quick feedback on the v18:
- I really don't understand why you would make the battery indicators white. It was already unfavorable that it just showed dots instead of the percentage, this is a step back. 

- The menu is too high contrast. Not sure if it's a bug.  

- The brightness adjustment is now gone, which, again, I don't understand. 

- I can't access the voice commands even though I have my headset on US English. 

lionheart2092
Honored Guest
moveable picture in picture for apps like youtube and a music player in other apps would be amazing

james6161
Explorer
When viewing my own images in Gallery you have, 360, 180-3D, 360-3D, and 2D. Why still no 3D for side by side or .mpo images. This is important to me. I shouldn't have to use a secondary app for that.
Is that too difficult to do?

giulionicolai
Honored Guest
After the update air receiver cast doesn't work any more. So now i'm not able to cast to my pc. It just says "Streaming/Casting error. Your stream has been stopped." whenever I try to connect. I'm pretty sure v18 update broke it and now I don't know what to do. Anyone having similar issues?

raeven63
Protege
After update, everything is too dark.  Cannot adjust brightness and the only option I have that is new is the color of my guardian.  The option for voice command is not there either.  

EiinGeeeL
Explorer
I love the new universal menu. 10/10

Please, when the hand trancking is on... in oculus browser I see the grey menu.... with touchs it get invisible, but no with the hand tracking... could you fix that? ty  😛

luiz_marques_37
Honored Guest
I'm still not able to use the universal menu. I go to the settings, see all, experimental features and there is no option to the universal menu. I'm in UK and since the previous update this option is not available anymore.. ??‍:male_sign:

Anonymous
Not applicable
Concur with @raeven63 and @shakkis that many apps ( especially the Browser background ) has gone so dark the text is barely visible along with the new Universal menu being almost Black. As this is part of the update im also assuming its a bug but why not for everyone is a bit of a mystery i must admit.

Fabrizio_Zambel
Honored Guest
Ouch! You've broken the browser, all the content has become super dark and contrasted. Same for some portions of the universal menu! What the... :'(