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Meta quietly launches Waddle World, an AI pet journal app

Meta has released Waddle World, a tamagotchi-style pet app where virtual creatures chat with users and create doodles. The app is described as a daily journal disguised as a pet, encouraging voice interaction and cozy mini-games. It is available on Apple and Play stores.

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This is a concrete new product launch from a major company, offering insight into Meta's consumer AI strategy beyond core platforms.

A screenshot taken of the Waddle World app from Apple’s App store.

Meta has launched a "tamagotchi-style" pet game called Waddle World, with virtual creatures that chat with users and create doodles to illustrate conversations.

According to its Apple and Play Store listings, the "16-bit pet care game" is not really a game, but "a daily journal disguised as a pet." Users should talk, not type, with their pets, the description says, as well as play "cozy games" like stacking groceries or word games. The Play store description says:

A little friend that listens. A cozy world that's yours. Waddle World is a cozy 16-bit world where your pixel pet lives. Hatch a virtual pet, visit whenever you like, and let it …

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