Google Redesigns YouTube Quest Immersive View, Adding 2-Window Playback and 360° Support Gaps
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Updated · UploadVR · Nov 5
Google Redesigns YouTube Quest Immersive View, Adding 2-Window Playback and 360° Support Gaps
3 articles · Updated · UploadVR · Nov 5
Summary
Hidden entry points in recent Quest app updates show Google is rebuilding YouTube’s full-space immersive view, a major redesign of an experience that has changed little since the 2018 Oculus Go app.
The new version swaps in a Panel Mode-style main window, a Horizon OS control bar, Meta’s virtual keyboard overlay, and a second browsing window that can queue videos into the main player.
Quest 3 and 3S features already added to YouTube include higher-resolution playback, mixed-reality wall anchoring and 2D Panel Mode, but the in-development immersive view still lacks the 360° and 180° 3D playback controls seen on Android XR and visionOS.
References to the overhaul first appeared in late August, as Meta pushes developers to optimize apps for spatial operating systems ahead of its VR glasses launch.