Sideload APK to Oculus Quest using ADB

First, you have to turn Developer Mode on for your headset.

https://static.headjack.io/videos/go-developer-mode.mp4

• Open the Oculus app on your phone
• Click your paired Oculus headset at the top
• Click More Settings > Developer Mode and then toggle Developer Mode ON

Next, install Android Debug Bridge (ADB) to allow you to run an APK install command.

Windows

• Download and install Android Platform Tools

• Download ADB drivers from Oculus website

• Unzip the downloaded file

• Right-click on the .inf file and select Install

• Go to Start Menu, search for CMD, right-click and open as Administrator

• Type the following to test if installation was successful

  adb help
  

  <aside> ⚠️ TIP: if you get a message along the lines of “adb is not a recognized command”, then cd to the installation folder of ADB (C:\Users\YOURUSERNAME\AppData\Local\Android\sdk\platform-tools), after which you can use adb.exe instead of adb in your commands

  </aside>

Mac

• Open Terminal (click the search icon in the top-right corner of your Mac, type “terminal”, and press ENTER)

• Install Homebrew by typing the following command into the Terminal window, press ENTER to execute the command:

  ruby -e "$(curl -fsSL <https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Homebrew/install/master/install>)"
  

• Install Android Platform Tools, which contains ADB, using Homebrew * by typing the following command in your Terminal:

  brew cask install android-platform-tools