Meta has quietly released Waddle World, a virtual pet app in the style of a Tamagotchi that runs on its AI. For now it is available only in the Philippines. Social media consultant Matt Navarra found the App Store and Google Play listings and shared them on X, and they show the app live since late September.
“Tamagotchi meets ChatGPT”
Matt Navarra, social media consultant, on X, as quoted by Engadget · engadget.com ↗
Players hatch an egg and then look after the creature, feeding it and playing with it. The twist is the journal: the user writes or dictates an entry about their day, and the pet answers with a short reply and a small doodle, powered by Meta AI. Meta describes the 16-bit game as a "daily journal disguised as a pet". Three mini-games earn points for food and toys, including stacking groceries on the pet's head, catching stars while avoiding bombs, and spelling words from jumbled letters.
The official site says the app is free with no subscription, and its stamps are earned in play, never bought. Each week the pet sends an illustrated postcard, which can be downloaded, about what it picked up from the user. Journals and messages stay private unless a postcard is shared, and users can export their content or delete the account in Settings. Google Play lists it as Waddle World: AI Pet Journal, from Meta Platforms, rated 3+.
Meta's Muse Charm, the pocket AI companion shown at Connect 2026
Image: Tom's Guide
Engadget reads the app as part of a Meta effort to use cute characters to get people using, and so training, its AI models and agents. It adds that it is unclear why the rollout is so limited and guesses that Meta is testing in the Philippines before going wider. No date for a broader release has been given.
About Waddle World
Waddle World: AI Pet Journal is a free pixel-art virtual pet app from Meta Platforms. Users hatch a pet, then type or talk about their day and play cosy mini-games with it. There is no subscription, stamps are earned in the app and never purchased, and journals stay private unless the user shares a postcard.
It follows other companion moves from Meta. Shortly before Connect in September 2026, Meta's Muse AI companion app topped Apple's Top Free Apps chart ahead of ChatGPT, Gemini and Claude. At Connect the company then showed the Muse Charm, a pocket device with an animated Muse avatar on a 2-inch OLED screen, due to ship in December.
The app lands alongside other Meta companion plans. At Connect in September the company showed the Muse Charm, a pocket device with a 2-inch OLED screen that holds a user's animated Muse avatar, due for the December holidays. Meta's Muse app had also topped Apple's free apps chart ahead of ChatGPT, Gemini and Claude.