Horizon Home UI overhaul focuses on persistence and cross-device continuity

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The Horizon Home redesign introduces persistent rooms that maintain layout, pinned objects, and lighting across sessions and devices. Users can now design and save home states on Quest and have them automatically mirrored to mobile companion apps, creating a more continuous cross-device experience.

Onboarding flows were simplified: new users experience a guided setup that introduces basic interactions with contextual cues and reduced menus. Meta also added modular UI components for developers building social apps inside Horizon, ensuring consistent affordances and navigation patterns across experiences.

The company stressed privacy controls and a new permission center for shared spaces, enabling creators and users to manage who can see or modify persistent objects. Designers working in the Horizon ecosystem will find new templates and best practices aimed at reducing cognitive friction for users transitioning between devices.