I experimented with the latest Meta AI app: Three surprising features.

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Meta has spent the better part of a year integrating Meta AI with Facebook, Instagram, WhatsApp, and its other existing services, but hadn’t yet launched a standalone experience for fans of Meta AI. That changed yesterday at LlamaCon, the company's inaugural AI developer conference, when they finally launched the Meta AI app. The new app is built with Meta's Llama 4 model and stands as a strong competitor to ChatGPT, which became the fastest-growing app in history after its launch. 

Already, AI enthusiasts are exploring the app to uncover what makes it unique. According to Meta’s press release, the primary focus is on personalization. The app integrates with your Facebook and Instagram accounts to provide more tailored responses and features a memory function, allowing it to reference past discussions and add context to new interactions. While this memory aspect isn’t exclusive to the Meta AI app, as other chatbots include similar features, the capability to work with both Facebook and Instagram is substantial given their large user bases. This integration allows Meta AI to draw from more data, enhancing the personalization of its answers.

Beyond personalization and memory capabilities, the Meta AI app offers additional unique features. Here are three notable aspects to explore after downloading and trying out the new Meta AI app.

<h2>A Social Discover Feed for Inspiration</h2>

Let’s start with the most obvious feature: the Discover feed. Upon opening the app, you’ll engage with it by tapping on the compass icon. This feature functions as expected, allowing users to create answers to questions, images, and more, which are then shared in the feed for others to interact with.

Users can like, comment, or share content within the Discover feed. A fourth button appears to load the same prompt into your own Meta AI conversation, letting you see how it responds to the same question. During testing, different images were generated for the same prompt, showcasing the app’s variation in output.

The Discover feed serves two key purposes. First, it highlights what Meta AI can do while providing another avenue for exploration. Second, it offers fresh ideas for queries users might have for Meta AI. During my time on Discover, I found users asking about Mars colonization, color choices for wardrobes, and various topics related to the Catholic Church following Pope Francis' passing. Thus, it provides not just entertainment but also acts as an idea generation tool.

<h2>Hardware Support</h2>

The Meta AI app also supports Ray-Ban Meta Smart Glasses. In fact, the existing Meta View companion app is being replaced by the Meta AI app, making it the primary app for use with your smart glasses. It's straightforward—open the app, click the glasses icon to add your device, and use them as usual. Once synced, you can start a conversation on the glasses and continue it in the app. Chat history will also be accessible through Meta AI, integrated with your app conversations. However, it's noted that you cannot start a chat from the app and continue it on the glasses. Other AI platforms do not offer this level of hardware integration.

<h2>Full-Duplex Voice Mode</h2>

Although this isn’t particularly new, it's the first implementation for Meta’s AI. Full-duplex voice mode allows for real-time conversation with AI, where you speak and it responds in kind. While many AI chatbots have this feature, Meta employs it differently. The AI integrates natural human language elements, including pauses and filler words like “umm,” which distinguishes it from typical interactions.

This feature is currently in beta and may not utilize the most updated knowledge base, which could result in less accurate responses. However, once fully developed, it promises to be an interesting addition. The standard AI voice also supports options like John Cena, Awkwafina, Judi Dench, Keegan-Michael Key, and Kristen Bell.

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    <li>Artificial Intelligence</li>
    <li>Meta</li>
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