Meta launches Waddle World, an AI-assisted journaling app built around a virtual pet
AI · First reported 28 Oct, 13:53 · Updated 17:00
Waddle World combines virtual pet care and mini-games with AI-generated journal entries based on users’ spoken or typed updates. The app is available in the Philippines on iOS and Android, and its data disclosures leave questions about how journal content is handled.
- Users can speak or type about their day; the app turns their updates into illustrated journal entries written in the pet’s voice.
- The app is currently listed in the Philippines for iOS and Android; users must be at least 18, and Meta has not announced whether it will launch in other countries.
- Meta’s disclosures list categories of information that may be linked to users, including audio and other user content; the articles say the disclosures do not establish whether journal entries are used for advertising or AI training.
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- Availability
- Philippines on iOS and Android
- Age requirement
- Users must be at least 18
- Entry format
- Spoken or typed updates become illustrated entries written in the pet’s voice
- Other features
- Pet care, mini-games, and weekly postcards
- Privacy disclosure
- Lists audio and other user content among data categories that may be linked to a user
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