Subj : Meta Quest 3 Elite Strap with Battery sales are paused due to a c
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From : TechnologyDaily
Date : Wed Nov 29 2023 11:30:05

Meta Quest 3 Elite Strap with Battery sales are paused due to a charging fault

Date:
Wed, 29 Nov 2023 11:16:56 +0000

Description:
Some of these accessories aren't charging the Meta Quest 3 properly, but 
updated models are on the way.

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If you've bought a Meta Quest 3 and are thinking of buying the Elite Strap 
with Battery, you can't  at least for the time being. Meta has paused sales 
of the accessory while it investigates issues with device charging. 

The Elite Strap add-on offers a more ergonomic fit that's easier to adjust, 
and it's also available with a battery pack for longer gaming sessions 
between charges. It's that latter version that's been pulled, as Road to VR 
reports. 

This hasn't come out of nowhere, either. Complaints of reliability issues 
have been rumbling for weeks , with users reporting that after an initial 
period during which everything is fine, the strap suddenly stops charging the 
Meta Quest 3 completely. 

Meta has confirmed to Road to VR that it's manufacturing a new version of the 
Elite Strap with Battery that won't have this fault. Sadly, this has happened 
before  there were issues with the accessory straps for the Meta Quest 2 as 
well. What you can do 

As for what you can do as a Meta Quest 3 owner, clearly not buying an Elite 
Strap with Battery is a good start. Meta won't sell you one right now, but 
these straps still seem to be available from third-party retailers at the 
time of writing. 

If you've already got one that's faulty, you can try returning it to Meta for 
a replacement, though Meta admits that this "may not necessarily resolve the 
problem". It seems to be a bit hit and miss as to whether you're going to end 
up with a working unit. 

It's not a great look for an accessory that costs $130 / 130 / AU$220, 
although Meta does at least now seem to be working on the problem. In our 
Meta Quest 3 review , we were hugely impressed with the headset itself, so 
it's a shame that accessories are letting it down. 

Apparently there's an issue with the firmware on certain units, so hopefully 
new and improved versions of the strap should be out soon. Meta hasn't put a 
timescale on it, but it told Road to VR that these would be available "as 
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Link to news story:
https://www.techradar.com/computing/virtual-reality-augmented-reality/meta-que
st-3-elite-strap-with-battery-sales-are-paused-due-to-a-charging-fault


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