VR is a hyper immersive experience for everyone. Doesn’t matter if you are trying it for the first time or use it on a daily basis, getting lost in the moment is quite easy. You can miss out on necessary updates and notifications if you don’t pay attention. This is where the notifications feature on Oculus Quest 2 can come in handy. You can enable notifications from the Oculus mobile app. This will display your phone notifications in the Oculus when you are using it. You will never miss a notification after enabling the feature. But that is if the features works correctly.
The notification on Oculus Quest 2 is a new feature that had a few problems right from its launch. Some problems were considered fixed with a new update. The app v137 is where notifications were accessible easily. The same cannot be said for the previous versions. However, that’s in the past. We have newer problems to deal with. If your Oculus Quest 2 is not showing you all the necessary notifications from your mobile phone, here are some troubleshooting steps you can try. Use these troubleshooting steps and everything should go back to normal.
Fixes for Oculus Quest 2 notifications not working:
1) Update app on phone:
As mentioned above, this problem was very prominent in previous devices. Hence, the Oculus team definitely knows about the problems in the notifications system. So the general expectation from them is that, they will work towards fixing it for the users. Any fix for an app is implemented through updates. Hence, check the apps store on your mobile phone to find updates for the Oculus app. Update the app and connect the app to your Oculus Quest 2 headset if it wasn’t connected already. Now check if you can see the notifications on the Oculus headset.
2) Reinstall app on phone:
If an update is futile, uninstall the Oculus app from your phone completely. Uninstall the app and remove all the residual app files from your device. Now install the Oculus app on your mobile phone again and log into your account. Connect your Oculus Quest 2 headset with the app and enable notifications for it. This will definitely fix the problem and show you all the notifications that are important.
3) Grant permissions:
Even if the fix mentioned above solves the problem, I would recommend you to go the extra steps and check that all the necessary permissions are given to the Oculus app on your mobile phone. Navigate to the privacy settings and go to Permissions. Select the Oculus app and give it all the permissions that it needs to functions efficiently. This will help in keeping your setup together and avoid such problems in the future.
