"Meta is killing the standalone Workrooms app on February 16, 2026. The company presented Workrooms as a virtual reality space where teams can meet and collaborate in an immersive environment when it launched the product. Now Meta says its Horizon platform has evolved enough to support "a wide range of productivity apps and tools," so it "made the decision to discontinue Workrooms as a standalone app.""
"The company recently slashed its spending on the metaverse and started the process to lay off more than 1,000 employees from its Reality Labs division. Due to those layoffs and organizational changes, it closed three of its VR studios. Reality Labs had lost more than $70 billion since 2021, and Meta told Engadget that it had decided to shift some of its investments from the metaverse towards wearables, such as its AI-powered Ray-Ban smart glasses."
Meta will discontinue the standalone Horizon Workrooms app on February 16, 2026. Horizon Workrooms provided a virtual reality space for team meetings and collaboration. Meta says the Horizon platform now supports a wide range of productivity apps and tools, prompting the decision. The company recently cut metaverse spending and began laying off over 1,000 Reality Labs employees, closing three VR studios. Reality Labs lost more than $70 billion since 2021. Meta plans to shift some investment toward wearables such as AI-powered Ray-Ban smart glasses and will discontinue Horizon managed services in February. Users can download Workrooms data until February 16.
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