Meta is launching a dedicated Mac app for its AI chatbot. The company announced the news on Wednesday, describing a desktop assistant that can see what is on your screen.
The new app lets users share their window with Meta AI. From there, the chatbot can answer questions, offer suggestions, or create content based on what it sees. Dictation also works across every app on the Mac, not just inside Meta’s own window.
The release is part of a bigger push to make Meta AI a productivity tool. The company wants its assistant to compete with rivals that already have desktop apps. Google’s Gemini app can share a window too. OpenAI’s ChatGPT and Anthropic’s Claude go further by letting the chatbot take control of the computer.
Meta is also adding features for businesses and creators. The AI can now work directly with Instagram and Facebook accounts, Meta ad campaigns, and Google Workspace. A creator can ask the assistant to analyze post reach, likes, shares, and saves, then suggest what to publish next. It can pull data from an account and the web to build decks, docs, and spreadsheets. It can even run recurring tasks like weekly performance reports.
The timing matters. AI assistants are now common enough that businesses pay to watch and manage the agents they deploy, as mylistingo reported recently. Meta clearly wants its chatbot to move from a novelty into something people use for real work every day.
Source: The Verge
