A cheap, comfortable standalone headset from 2018 that worked well for watching video in bed or on a plane, but its seated 3DoF tracking left gamers wanting more. Meta discontinued it in 2020, stopped updates in 2022, and some purchased apps have since stopped launching.
This entry is written from the 5 sources listed at the bottom of the page. The numbers are our editorial estimates drawn from that material, not measurements, and no statistical sample sits behind them.
The pattern in the sources is regret. Only 22% of owners say they would buy it again, and satisfaction falls from 7.5 to 2.0 out of 10 by the two-year mark.
Owners who bought it as a movie viewer often still used it, while those hoping for real VR gaming had largely moved on or were waiting for the Quest.
Discontinued in 2020 with security and bug fixes ending in 2022. Some purchased apps fail an entitlement check and will not launch, with no fix planned. Quickly overshadowed by the Quest, which added full 6DoF tracking.
It is a real product that works, but its launch reception (70 out of 100 for hype) ran well ahead of how owners feel about it later. Discontinued in 2020 with security and bug fixes ending in 2022. That gap is what the regret score measures.
Worth it for: Watching video in bed; Tinkerers using the root unlock; Classroom or kiosk 360 video. Think twice if: Vr gamers; Anyone wanting room-scale vr; Buyers expecting app support today.
Our reading of how sentiment moves across an ownership period, drawn from the sources below. It is an editorial estimate, not tracked longitudinal data.
| At purchase | 7.5 / 10 |
|---|---|
| First week | 6.5 / 10 |
| One month | 5.5 / 10 |
| Six months | 4.5 / 10 |
| One year | 3.5 / 10 |
| Two years or more | 2.0 / 10 |
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Covers the May 2018 launch at $199 and $249, critics' praise for design, display and price, complaints about limited tracking, no expandable storage and no fast charging, the 2020 discontinuation with fixes through 2022, and the October 2021 root unlock.
A 2019 review calling it the best budget headset, praising comfort and long Netflix sessions and the inherited Gear VR library, while noting the lack of positional tracking and that the battery ran down to its warning level after a few hours.
Explains the 2020 sunset and store cutoff dates, and argues the Go sold well but had poor retention and was essentially a movie viewer.
Reports that some Go apps now fail an entitlement check even after a reset, and that Meta support said the device is no longer supported.
A 2018 thread in which a media-focused owner loved it in bed and on flights, while others criticized the screen-door effect and text clarity, and one returned it over the face interface and the lack of 6DoF.