Meta launches stand-alone AI app
If you want to use Meta AI today, you can find it tucked into a zillion weird places across all of Meta’s apps.
Like when you’re searching on Facebook, making a post in Instagram, writing a message in WhatsApp, or... talking with your Meta AI glasses.
But if you’re tired of looking everywhere for that sweet, sweet Meta AI (powered by Meta’s latest Llama 4 open-source model), now you can use a stand-alone app or access it on the web.
The Meta AI app is free to use and includes a “voice demo built with full-duplex speech technology” so you can test out a more conversational voice chat feature.
Meta is sort of achieving AI app feature parity with this release; you can generate images, search the web, and get recommendations for things. The app also remembers your history, which will definitely be useful when Meta eventually incorporates ads (how Meta makes 98% of its revenue).
But Meta does have something that OpenAI and other startups lack: a massive social graph of users and their friends. So, Meta is rolling out a “Discover” feed, “a place to share and explore how others are using AI. You can see the best prompts people are sharing, or remix them to make them your own.”
The Meta AI app is free to use and includes a “voice demo built with full-duplex speech technology” so you can test out a more conversational voice chat feature.
Meta is sort of achieving AI app feature parity with this release; you can generate images, search the web, and get recommendations for things. The app also remembers your history, which will definitely be useful when Meta eventually incorporates ads (how Meta makes 98% of its revenue).
But Meta does have something that OpenAI and other startups lack: a massive social graph of users and their friends. So, Meta is rolling out a “Discover” feed, “a place to share and explore how others are using AI. You can see the best prompts people are sharing, or remix them to make them your own.”
