It’s called Pocket and is described as a “platform for creating and sharing gadgets.”
Pocket, Meta’s little mood coding app, has now arrived in the United States after a brief testing phase in Brazil. The app allows users to generate mini-games, called gadgets, via prompts. Games are published on a scrollable feed, incorporating a social media component. Users can save gadgets to a favorites list and repost them to their feed.
These games take full advantage of the capabilities available in modern smartphones. They can respond to touch and tilt and can include photos and even songs. Once saved to a profile, other people can remix them into unique creations.
They’re called gadgets instead of minigames for several likely reasons. First of all, these aren’t just games. Marketing promotes simple experiences as a canvas to paint on. Additionally, Meta hired almost the entire team behind an app called Gizmo. This led to the application being closed. Gizmo was basically the same thing as Pocket and even used similar nomenclature (referring to creations as gadgets).
Either way, Pocket is available now and it’s free. It might be worth a download and a few minutes before you get bored.
This is just Meta’s latest advancement in AI. Last year, the company launched a feature for the Meta AI app called Vibes, which is essentially a feed for AI. Facebook also recently introduced the ability to edit profile photos with AI-based animations.
