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Meta Releases Waddle World AI Pet App In The Philippines
Meta released Waddle World, a free iOS and Android app where users raise a pixel-art pet and talk with it, in the Philippines on October 29.
Reporting from 1 source: GIGAZINE.
Why it matters
Meta's Tamagotchi-style app is limited to the Philippines with no stated plans elsewhere, and its relationship to the palm-sized Muse Charm device Meta is developing is not clear, so the release reads as a regional test of a pet-shaped AI product rather than a full launch.
Key Facts
- Meta released Waddle World for iOS and Android in the Philippines, free of charge.
- Waddle World lets users hatch and raise a pixel-art pet and talk with it in a 16-bit style world.
- The app sends a weekly email based on what the pet has learned about the user.
- Waddle World has a listed target age of 18 and up.
- Meta has not said whether the app will be offered in other regions, including Japan and the United States.
The app has mini-games, weekly emails built from what the pet learns about the user, and a diary feature that writes entries from conversations. The listed target age is 18 and up. Meta has not said whether it will launch in other regions.
The store listing frames the app against other AI products: "It's not a chatbot. It's not an assistant. It's not a productivity tool. It's a pet, and a place to be." Meta also says there are no streaks to keep and no scores to chase, and the app is not built around daily logins.
Waddle World sits alongside Meta's other AI apps, including Pocket for AI-made games and Vibes for AI video. Meta is separately developing Muse Charm, a small Tamagotchi-like AI device tied to its Muse agent, and the specific link between the two products is not clear.
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