Meta
plans to launch a standalone app for its AI-powered chatbot soon, CNBC reported, citing informed sources. According to them, the software product will be announced in the second quarter. Meta AI is currently available to users only through its website, as well as on Facebook and WhatsApp.
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While a large audience of Meta family of apps has access to Meta AI, they would be more comfortable interacting with the digital assistant and be able to fully utilize its capabilities if the chatbot were available as a separate app, many users say.
In January, one Threads user wrote that a standalone Meta AI app could help the company unify the digital assistant across smartphones and various hardware platforms, such as Ray-Ban Meta smart glasses, allowing users to organize their conversation histories with the digital assistant and provide “deeper personalization and customization.” Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg responded with a red “100” emoji in full agreement.
In January, during his fourth-quarter earnings call, Zuckerberg said Meta AI would reach more than 1 billion people this year, and he expected “Meta AI to become the leading AI assistant.”
Meta also plans to test a paid subscription for Meta AI, similar to the practice of OpenAI and Microsoft, which offer users access to more powerful versions of their ChatGPT and Copilot chatbots for a monthly fee, the sources said.