Quest customers can solid their in-game view to a TV, a cell phone, and even to their family and friends on Fb Messenger now. In response to a current advertising picture uncovered by serial leaker and knowledge miner Luna, it might quickly additionally embody help for WhatsApp too.
An replace earlier this month allowed Quest customers to display screen share over Fb Messenger, letting you solid your in-game exploits on video calls.
Now, it seems help is headed for Meta’s different massive cellular messaging app, WhatsApp, along with Meta’s personal Horizon Chat for Quest.
Apparently this performance is getting added to WhatsApp as nicely, and “coming quickly” you’ll have the ability to solid to individuals on Horizon OS. https://t.co/xPybCAnvqm pic.twitter.com/ORy1GEWc2c
— Luna (@Lunayian) September 30, 2024
Meta quietly launched help for Fb Messenger casting earlier this month, which added a brand new Sharing button to Messenger calls. Notably, casting is obtainable to all apps with out DRM, which means you may share no matter you’re seeing in-headset, together with video games, apps, and the Horizon OS consumer interface in its entirety.
Bringing WhatsApp casting into the fold appears like a pure subsequent step, as the corporate’s Ray-Ban smartglasses have already got POV video sharing throughout WhatsApp and Messenger now, which was added again in April along with preliminary help for Instagram and Fb livestreaming.
It’s not sure once we ought to anticipate Meta to launch WhatsApp help on Quest although, contemplating Meta Join this previous week was centerstage for giant function drops and it wasn’t among the many bulletins. We’ll be protecting our eyes on Meta’s WhatsApp help web page within the meantime, and can replace when/if the options drops.
