# Meta quietly launched an 'AI pet journal' app

> **Publication**: aitalky (Independent AI Journalism)
> **Canonical Citation URL**: https://aitalky.vercel.app/news/meta-quietly-launched-an-ai-pet-journal-app
> **Original Source**: [The Verge AI](https://www.theverge.com/ai-artificial-intelligence/1020410/meta-launched-ai-pet-journal-app-waddle-world)
> **Author**: Robert Hart (undefined)
> **Published Date**: Wednesday, October 28, 2026
> **Category**: PRODUCTS
> **Tags**: AI, The Verge AI, products

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



## Full Coverage
And Waddle World isn't the only weird app it's launched lately

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:

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