Meta quietly launches AI pet and fashion apps in Southeast Asia
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Meta has quietly launched two AI-powered mobile applications in Southeast Asia. Waddle World is a virtual pet diary app where users interact with AI pets through conversation and generate doodles, positioned as a low-stress warm escape; it is currently available only to adult users in the Philippines. Style Sketch is an AI fashion app that allows users to connect their Instagram accounts to build a virtual wardrobe and receive outfit recommendations; it is currently limited to users in Indonesia, Singapore, and Thailand. Both apps are free to download and were launched without prior public announcement.
Written with AI from the reporting · updated 10/29/2026
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- 1Unclassified fact stationOct 28, 00:00recorded Oct 28, 20:03single sourcerevised
Meta quietly launched an AI pet journal app
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- Action：
- launched
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- Waddle World
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- Oct 28, 00:00
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- Oct 28, 19:27
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- Oct 28, 20:03
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- 2Unclassified fact stationOct 28, 00:00recorded Oct 30, 03:56single sourcerevised
Meta quietly launches AI fashion app Style Sketch
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- meta
- Action：
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- Object：
- Style Sketch
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- Oct 28, 00:00
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- Oct 30, 03:14
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- Oct 30, 03:56
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- TechCrunch · AIRelated fact: single sourceSource report revisedMeta quietly launches AI fashion app Style Sketch in Southeast Asia
Report first recorded Oct 30, 03:56
Meta has launched Style Sketch, an AI fashion app available in Indonesia, Singapore, and Thailand on iOS and Android. The app connects to Instagram to build a virtual wardrobe from users' photos or allows manual addition of items. It suggests outfit combinations matched to the user's style and offers virtual try-ons on a realistic model matching the user's body shape and skin tone. The app can also generate day-by-day outfit plans for trips based on weather and itinerary.
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- The Verge · AIRelated fact: single sourceSource report revisedMeta quietly launches AI pet journal app Waddle World in Philippines
Report first recorded Oct 28, 20:03
Meta has launched Waddle World, a tamagotchi-style app where users chat with virtual pets that create doodles to illustrate conversations. The app is listed as a "daily journal disguised as a pet" and is currently only available to adults in the Philippines. Meta also quietly launched a separate AI fashion app called Style Sketch, available in Indonesia, Singapore, and Thailand.
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