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Meta has a new app called Pocket that is absolutely nothing like the old Pocket
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No, it’s not a read-it-later app; instead, it’s a new social feed with AI ‘gizmos.’.
Key facts
- Two US-based Verge staffers saw a note on the Google Play listing that said the app “isn’t available in your country.” the reporter can't find the app on Apple’s US App Store
- Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg is all in on AI as the new social media, and he’s previously described a vision of how users could use AI to make interactive experiences and share them with people
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- Scroll a feed of gizmos from people around the world,” Meta says in Pocket’s Google Play description
Summary
If you buy something from a Verge link, Vox Media may earn a commission. Mozilla shut down the well-loved read-it-later Pocket app last year, and now Meta is launching an app called Pocket with an entirely different, AI-focused pitch: this new app lets you make and share little interactive “gizmos” built from an AI prompt, as reported by Business Insider. Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg is all in on AI as the new social media, and he’s previously described a vision of how users could use AI to make interactive experiences and share them with people. “Scroll a feed of gizmos from people around the world,” Meta says in Pocket’s Google Play description. They can use your camera or pull in photos from your camera roll.