Meta Quest 3 users still await adaptive brightness control

It’s been over a month since Meta dropped the v68 update for Quest 3, Quest Pro and Quest 2 headsets. While it brought some cool additions like a rebranded Meta Horizon mobile app, Meta AI and improved graphics, there’s one feature that’s glaringly missing for Quest 3 owners — Content Adaptive Brightness Control. Despite being teased in the release notes, this feature remains as elusive even in the latest PTC v69 build.

Quest 3 owners have flocked to Meta’s forum questioning why they haven’t seen this setting pop up in their Experimental Settings as promised. For many, this adaptive brightness feature was the most exciting part of the update. Who wouldn’t want their Quest 3 to adjust brightness on the fly, especially during those darker, more immersive scenes?

Below is a screenshot of part of the release notes confirming the inclusion of adaptive brightness control in Quest v68:

Yet, here we are, still squinting in the dark.

Frustration is brewing in the forums. Users on both v68 and the newer PTC v69 are questioning Meta’s habit of announcing features that aren’t ready for rollout. But truth be told, even Apple and Google do this — a lot. This has been highlighted by popular YouTuber MKBHD in what he described as the “coming soon” feature that companies use to manipulate the media, as seen in the video below.

To add fuel to the fire, some users claim they received other features that weren’t even mentioned, like Local Dimming, which is supposed to be exclusive to Quest Pro. Meanwhile, others have seen random options like “Display Brightness Compensation” briefly appear, only to vanish just as quickly.

The situation has caught the attention of forum moderators, who’ve been actively responding to user queries. They’ve acknowledged the confusion and passed the issue along to the development team. However, despite their efforts to calm the crowd, there’s still no official word on what’s happening to the Content Adaptive Brightness Control feature.

Is Meta fine-tuning the feature behind the scenes? Did someone jump the gun by announcing it too soon? Or is this just a painfully slow rollout? Whatever the case, Quest 3 owners are clearly ready for the lights to come on — literally.

As days turn into weeks, frustration is mounting among the user community. More are taking to online forums to express their disappointment and demand answers from Meta. But it still remains to be seen when, or if, the adaptive brightness control feature will finally make its way to Quest 3 users.