Beat Saber's biggest update adds Flux, 35 songs and controller-free play in spring 2027
Beat Saber will be playable from start to finish without controllers, and the change arrives inside what Beat Games calls the game's biggest update ever. Meta says the update lands in spring 2027 on Meta Quest and Meta VR Glasses, led by a new single-player experience called Flux that launches with 35 songs.
The current Beat Saber logo. Meta says the spring 2027 update brings the game's first logo redesign in nearly a decade. Image: Beat Games
Flux is the biggest addition since Beat Saber's full release in 2019, and it uses hand tracking to turn your hands into the weapons. You wield Flux Powers such as the Flux Tether, which channels power between your palms to slice notes in time with the beat.
That power also surges to your left and right hands, which punch through other note targets. Destroying notes builds Jolt energy, and squeezing your fists as you slice triggers a Jolt and a bigger score.
Flux launches with 35 songs and keeps controller support
The 35 launch tracks come from the Original Soundtracks, Extras and Anniversary packs, with music from DragonForce, Camellia and Boom Kitty alongside in-house work by Jaroslav Beck and Zakka G. Meta says more Flux songs are planned after launch.
Hand tracking is a choice rather than a requirement. Flux also works with Touch Plus controllers, and Meta's Connect games announcement says the whole of Beat Saber becomes playable without controllers for the first time.
The same announcement says every Quest game will be playable on Meta VR Glasses with Touch Plus controllers, while the new titles Meta showed alongside Flux are built for the glasses' hand tracking with no controllers required.
Beat Games rewrites the campaign and adds rewards
The single-player campaign has been rebuilt with a light narrative running through it, plus new barriers and missions that pay out exclusive in-game rewards. Meta says the interface has been refreshed with a new menu system, and first-time players get a reworked introduction to the game.
Progression is new to the series. A rewards system hands out cosmetic items including sabers, notes, profile badges and banners, held in an inventory you can swap things in and out of, and Meta calls it the first progression and rewards system Beat Saber has had.
The refresh reaches the branding too. Meta says the update brings the game's first visual refresh and its first new logo in nearly a decade.
Spring 2027 is as precise as Meta gets
Meta has given no date beyond spring 2027, has not said which Quest models are covered, and has not said whether the update is free or whether Flux costs extra. The game's Horizon Store page currently lists Quest 2, Quest 3, Quest 3S and Quest Pro as supported hardware.
There is also no word on the PlayStation VR2 and Steam versions of the game, which Beat Games still sells, or on what happens to the music packs people have bought.
That window puts the update alongside the Meta VR Glasses themselves, which Meta dated to spring 2027 at Connect. Beat Saber neared 10 million players on Quest in 2025 and has kept shipping music packs since its co-founders stepped down from Beat Games in 2024, so a rebuild on this scale has been a long time coming.
