Meta Launches Pocket, an AI Social App for Interactive Gizmos
Pocket represents Meta's push into AI-generated social content, realizing CEO Mark Zuckerberg's vision of interactive, user-created AI experiences as a new form of social media.
Key Facts
- Meta released Pocket on Thursday, an app for creating and sharing AI-generated interactive items called Gizmos.
- Gizmos can be tapped, swiped, tilted, or manipulated with device sensors and range from abstract art to mini-games.
- Pocket is listed on Google Play but cannot be downloaded yet; it requires a Meta account to log in.
- Meta hired engineers from Atma Sciences and obtained a non-exclusive license to its technology in March 2026; The Verge noted Pocket closely resembles Atma's app Gizmo.
- Interactions with Gizmos will be used to improve Meta's AI.
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Meta has released a new social app called Pocket, where users can create, share, and discover AI-generated interactive items called Gizmos. The app is available on Google Play but not yet downloadable. It requires a Meta account and uses interactions to improve Meta's AI.
Meta released a creative platform called Pocket on Thursday. The app lets users make and share AI-generated interactive items named Gizmos, which can be tapped, swiped, tilted, or manipulated with device sensors. Gizmos range from abstract art to mini-games. Users create them with text prompts and can adjust colors manually.
Pocket is available on Google Play but cannot be downloaded yet. It requires logging in with a Meta account. The Verge noted the app closely resembles Gizmo, an app from Atma Sciences; Meta hired engineers from Atma Sciences and obtained a non-exclusive license to its technology in March 2026. Interactions with Gizmos will be used to improve Meta's AI.
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