Andrew Bosworth, Meta’s CTO, has released an official response to extensive reports from gamers and developers of serious issues in the v77 Meta Quest update. The v77 Meta Quest upgrade began rolling out many weeks ago, and several players are dissatisfied with its current status.
Back in May, Bosworth reacted to recent complaints about changes made to Meta Quest headsets, including as FPS rates being reduced in Battery Saver mode. Bosworth acknowledged the flaws and thanked the community and developers for their criticism, stating that the problems will be resolved and that a tighter quality control mechanism would be implemented for future updates. However, developers are now saying that they are experiencing the opposite.
MediaCodec freezes, audio cracking in general, audio cutting out in passthrough mode, and other problems have been reported by various users and developers with the release of Meta Quest’s v77 version. Guy Godin, the creator of Virtual Desktop, tweeted to Bosworth to draw attention to these problems and charge the team of disregarding the PTC findings before the launch and releasing it nevertheless. Bosworth acknowledged in an AMA that the devs had good reason to be upset and that he and Meta had been the targets of rage.
Hey @boztank, your quality control failed again. v77 went out with game breaking bugs that affect everyone. Audio crackling (reported weeks ago), audio cutting out when you switch to passthrough, VP8 video no longer working, MediaCodec freezes, etc.
Good job ignoring all the… https://t.co/CjChCcXFoO
— Guy Godin (@VRDesktop) June 5, 2025
Meta CTO Talks About Why v77 Shipped in a Buggy State
Bosworth acknowledges in the AMA that several of these problems were observed in PTC, but the business decided to proceed with its release despite the fact that they were supposedly not affecting “a huge number of people.” Since the Meta Quest 3 uses a Qualcomm chipset, he says he cares about the developers and consumers affected by the flaws and that the team is working on improvements, though part of it is hampered by the requirement for firmware upgrades from Qualcomm. Although he was unable to provide specifics, he noted that “there’s a bunch of reasons we had to proceed,” including “some benefits and some costs.” He continues by saying that he is still committed to resolving the issues and enhancing quality control.
Users of Meta Quest are currently limited to waiting for an update that resolves these problems. Meta doesn’t want to irritate the developers who make Meta Quest apps and games because that would discourage them from making content for the platform. Although gamers are also having difficulty, the v77 update’s faults are at least not as bad as the December 2024 update that caused certain Meta Quest headsets to brick.
