Meta AI is coming for ChatGPT
Meta finally has a mobile app you can use to interact with the Meta AI chatbot like you do with ChatGPT. Instead of going into … The post Meta AI is coming for ChatGPT appeared first on BGR.
Meta finally has a mobile app you can use to interact with the Meta AI chatbot like you do with ChatGPT. Instead of going into a Meta social network and tapping the Meta AI icon above to chat with the AI, there are now standalone iPhone and Android apps. Meta basically revamped the Meta View app for its Ray-Ban Meta smart glasses to incorporate the full functionality of Meta AI. You can still manage your AI smart glasses from the same app if you've got a pair.
Meta probably should have created a standalone Meta AI mobile app from the start to take on ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini, DeepSeek, and others. However, the company chose to force Meta AI on Facebook, Messenger, Instagram, and WhatsApp users first, and who can blame it? When you have billions of users on your social apps, you want to leverage them when launching new products. It's very easier to say that Meta AI has hundreds of millions of users because every Meta social app is now a Meta AI app.
AI apps like ChatGPT and DeepSeek went viral in the App Store because people wanted to try those AIs. Meta never went that route, and I don't expect Meta AI to become a sensation overnight.
Still, there are good things about Meta AI getting its own standalone app. This way, Meta AI will work more like an AI assistant. Using Meta AI as a menu item in social apps hardly compares to using ChatGPT on iPhone or Android. The standalone Meta AI will also get better features, including a two-way conversational mode similar to ChatGPT Advanced Voice Mode.
Meta AI will also come with social features, which aren't surprising considering that Meta's whole thing is social networks. What is a little disturbing is Meta's desire to mine your other Meta apps for personal information that can be used inside the new Meta AI apps.
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