Meta is developing “Pocket,” an AI app for creating mini-games
Ready to drag, shake, and tap your way through AI-made games?
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- Meta is developing Pocket, an AI app that lets users create mini-games and interactive apps using text prompts.
- Pocket allows users to share, remix, and discover AI-generated creations without traditional coding skills.
- The app appears connected to Gizmo, a gaming platform Meta acquired earlier this year. Meta has not officially announced Pocket.
- The launch highlights Meta’s push into AI-powered creativity, allowing more people to build interactive digital experiences.
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Meta is currently working on a new app that lets anyone create mini-games. It’s called Pocket and can be used to create small and interactive games and apps using text prompts.
Meta hasn't officially announced the Pocket app, but it’s already displayed in the Google Play Store.
According to the Play Store’s description and Meta’s support page, Pocket is an app people can use to “create, share, and discover gizmos with friends.” A gizmo is an interactive, playable AI-generated application or mini-game created with text prompts.
There are a few ways to play with gizmos, such as tapping, wiping, or dragging items on your screen, shaking your device to control movement, listening to music and sound effects while you interact, and using your camera or microphone.
Creating a gizmo is easy. Just open the Pocket app, tap the plus button at the bottom, and describe what kind of game you would like to make. Once it’s done, you can share it with your friends. They don’t have to download and install Pocket to view your game.
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If you allow remixing, other users can use your mini-game, make adjustments to it, and spread it. Removing your app won’t delete existing remixes.
To use the Pocket app, users will need to sign in with their Meta account.
Pocket has lots of similarities with Gizmo, which makes sense because Meta acquired the team behind the vibecoded gaming platform in February of this year.
The company calls the app “a new creative platform where you can make, share, and discover interactive experiences.”
In its short lifespan, Gizmo has been downloaded approximately 635,000 times on Android and iOS. At the time of writing, Gizmo is still available. It’s unclear whether the app will stay or eventually be completely replaced by Pocket.
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Alesandro Paluzzi, a reverse engineer, was the first to discover the launch of Pocket. Soon after his discovery, news outlets like Business Insider and Investing.com covered the news about Meta’s new app.
Meta hasn’t yet officially announced the Pocket app.