

Anything that appears on SideQuest (or other sites that offer similar services) that is not on the official Oculus page, that you install, would be sideloaded. Sideloading is when you upload content onto the device that is not verified or approved by Oculus.

You can then "sideload" the Discord app onto your Quest 2. If this is something you want to explore, then there's a helpful guide on the steps you need to follow here. It is easier to use SideQuest with Android. You can run this through an Android phone or a PC. Because the Quest 2 runs on Android architecture, you can install APK files on it, much like you would any other Android device. This is a marketplace which gives you access to games and apps that you may not be able to get through Oculus directly. You can consider something called SideQuest. But what about if you want to avoid that slightly convoluted setup? Is there anything else you might be able to try? You would just need a separate mic from the in-built one on your headset. You can, of course, run Discord on your PC, and use that separately to your Quest 2. How to use Discord on Oculus Quest 2 without PC There is an option you can consider, which will enable you to use Discord. So is that the end of the story? Well, not quite. This somewhat defeats the purpose of having it on your Quest, if you wanted to use it to chat with friends while gaming. So if you are watching a movie on the Netflix app, say, or playing a game, loading a Discord app would, in theory, close whatever app you had running. In addition, the Oculus is really only intended to support one app at a time.

So at the time of writing, no Discord app exists for Quest 2. They would much prefer you to use their own party chat service on Quest 2. Meta isn't really known for its support of rival enterprises. So in essence, allowing Discord to work on your Quest 2 would be allowing a competing service. Oculus is owned by Mela, while Discord is not. There are undoubtedly some challenges in linking Discord to the Oculus Quest 2.
