Meta AI app gains voice conversations and live visual features powered by Muse Spark

Meta AI Expands Capabilities With Muse Spark Integration

Meta has introduced significant new updates to Meta AI, powered by its recently launched Muse Spark model that replaced the company's Llama models last month. The Meta AI app, which has maintained a top position on the iPhone App Store alongside competitors like ChatGPT, Claude, and Gemini, now offers enhanced voice conversation capabilities and real-time visual intelligence 1

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The rollout marks a substantial expansion of Muse Spark's reach across Meta's ecosystem, bringing the AI assistant to billions of users through WhatsApp, Instagram, Facebook, Messenger, and Threads 2

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. Currently, the Meta AI app ranks as the fourth most downloaded free app on the U.S. iPhone App Store charts 1

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Natural Voice Conversations Enable Seamless Interaction

Muse Spark enables users to engage in natural voice conversations with the Meta AI assistant, allowing them to interrupt, switch topics, or swap languages mid-conversation. As users speak, Meta AI can generate images and surface recommendations from Reels, maps, and other services 1

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. In India, the voice conversation capabilities deliver responses in English, Hindi, and Bengali, demonstrating Meta's focus on multilingual accessibility 2

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Live AI Feature Brings Real-Time Visual Intelligence

The Meta AI app now includes the live AI feature, previously exclusive to Meta's AI glasses. Users can point their camera at objects, landmarks, or household items and receive real-time visual AI assistance about what they're seeing 1

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. This capability bridges the gap between the app experience and the hardware-based features available on Ray-Ban Meta and Oakley Meta glasses, which will receive Muse Spark gradually over the next few weeks in the U.S. and Canada 2

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New Shopping Features Integrate Facebook Marketplace

Meta has introduced new shopping features that allow users to search Facebook Marketplace listings alongside options from across the internet, combining used and new items in one interface. Users can refine results by price, style, or distance using an integrated map view. Additionally, users can mention specific brands or creators using @ mentions to browse their public content and scroll through products in a new grid format 2

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AI Chatbot to Threads and Cross-Platform Expansion

Meta is testing an AI chatbot to Threads through @meta.ai mentions in posts and replies, similar to how Grok functions on X 1

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. The company is also introducing side chats, which let users tap the Meta AI icon from any group chat to receive quick, private answers grounded in the group's ongoing discussion 2

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. These features appear in search bars, group chats, posts, and other touchpoints across Meta's family of apps.

Smarter AI Glasses Receive Muse Spark Upgrade

The rollout to smarter AI glasses includes Ray-Ban Meta and Oakley Meta glasses, with Meta Ray-Ban Display scheduled to receive the update this summer 2

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. This hardware integration suggests Meta's strategy to create a unified AI experience across both software and physical devices, positioning the company to compete more effectively in the emerging wearable AI market as competitors develop similar products.