On May 19th, according to Meta’s official press release, Meta announced that it will adjust the search weight of the Quest App Store from now on. Now, “small developer applications” in user search results will also be ranked high.Claims to effectively provide a more level playing field for smaller studios。
In addition, Meta also integrates the Quest app store and "App Lab". App Lab is Meta's software testing platform specially created for startups/developers, allowing any developer who "meets basic technical and content requirements" to directly test on the platform. distribute software,Somewhat similar to Apple’s TestFlight。
Meta mentioned that now users can directly search for "applications from App Lab" in the Quest app store, or click on the "App Lab" tab in the store to directly search for related test applications.
▲Currently, users can directly click on the “App Lab” tab to choose to search only App Lab applications
Meta also removed the original warning when running App Lab games in the recent Quest v65 headset software update, users will only receive the prompt "This app may be experimental or still under development" in the "Experimental Apps" list in the App Store/Quest main menu, which further shows that Meta is currently improving individual developers/small start-ups Application distribution experience.
Source: IT Home