Meta is Shutting Down its Horizon Workrooms, its VR Remote Work App

Meta announced yesterday that it’s sunsetting Horizon Workrooms, its standalone remote work VR app it launched back in 2021 (via The Verge). The app will stop working on February 16, 2026, and the company will now be prioritizing the development of its main Meta Horizon app, which also provides access to apps like Microsoft Teams Immersive and Zoom Workplace.

“Workrooms showed how Meta Horizon can help bring people together to work, collaborate and connect. Meta Horizon has since developed into a social platform that supports a wide range of productivity apps and tools. As a result, Meta has made the decision to discontinue Workrooms as a standalone app, effective 16 February 2026,” the company explained on a support page yesterday.

The discontinuation of Horizon Workrooms follows Meta’s decision to lay off 10% of employees working at its Reality Labs group (https://www.thurrott.com/cloud/331652/meta-is-cutting-10-of-its-reality-labs-workforce-as-it-shifts-its-focus-to-mobile-and-wearables). The company’s big bet on the metaverse and VR headsets clearly didn’t pay off. As it turns out, no one really wants to spend the day with a heavy headset strapped to the head, and this is a lesson Apple also learned with its overpriced Vision Pro headset.

In another support page spotted by The Verge, Meta also announced that it will stop selling Meta Horizon managed services, its business-focused offering formerly known as Meta Quest for Business, on February 20, 2026. The company is also ending sales of commercial SKUs of Meta Quest headsets. However, customers will continue to receive free support for managed services until January 4, 2030.