Over the past year, we’ve introduced you to AI experiences that help you get things done, learn, create, and connect with the things and people that matter to you. Since then, we’ve continued to build with safety and responsibility leading the way. Meta AI is on track to become the most used AI assistant in the world by the end of this year. More than 400 million people use Meta AI every month, with 185 million people using it every week across all of our products. Today, we introduced new multimodal features on Connect thanks to our Llama 3.2 models that make Meta AI and our other AI products more fun, useful, and capable.

Meta AI now has a voice

You can now use your voice to Meta AI on Messenger, Facebook, WhatsApp, and Instagram DM, and it will respond out loud. Get answers to your questions, let Meta AI explain something you’re curious about, or listen to a joke to lighten the mood.

As this feature rolls out, you’ll also be able to choose from different voice options for your assistant, including some familiar ones like the AI ​​voices of Awkwafina, Dame Judi Dench, John Cena, Keegan Michael Key, and Kristen Bell.

Meta AI can now answer questions about your photos and edit them in new ways

You can now also share photos in your chats with Meta AI, and Meta AI can understand what it’s looking at and answer questions about it, helping you learn more about the world around you. That means you can share a photo of a flower you see while out walking and ask Meta AI what kind of flower it is. Or you can share a photo of a new dish you want to cook and ask Meta AI for instructions on how to make it.

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Need help editing your photos? Now you can send an image in a chat with Meta AI and tell Meta AI what you want to add, remove, or change in the photo — from changing your outfit to replacing the background with a rainbow.

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And if you want to share a photo from your feed to your Instagram Story, Meta AI’s new Backgrounds feature can look at your photo, determine what’s in the image, and generate a fun background for your Story.

Testing Meta AI translations for Creator content

We’re testing a Meta AI translation tool that automatically translates Reels audio, so more people can enjoy your content, even if you speak different languages. With automatic dubbing and lip-syncing, Meta AI simulates the voice of a speaker in another language and syncs their lips to match. We’re starting with small tests on Instagram and Facebook, translating videos from a few Latin American and US creators into English and Spanish, and plan to expand to more creators and languages.

More Meta AI updates on Facebook, Instagram and Messenger

We’re expanding Meta AI’s Imagine features so you can now imagine yourself as a superhero or anything else, right in your feed, Stories, and Facebook profile photos. You can then easily share your AI-generated images for your friends to see, comment on, or mimic. Meta AI can also suggest captions for your Stories on Facebook and Instagram.

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You can already choose from a list of chat themes in Messenger and Instagram DMs that change the background and speech bubble color for everyone in the chat. Now you can create the perfect personalized theme for your chats using AI. Simply tap Themes in your chat details to get started.

And we’re testing new Meta AI-generated content in your Facebook and Instagram feeds, so you might see Meta AI images created just for you (based on your interests or current trends). You can tap a suggested prompt to take that content in a new direction, or swipe to have new content suggested to you in real time.

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Comprehensive AI tools for businesses

We’re expanding our business AIs to thousands of businesses using click-to-message ads on WhatsApp and Messenger in English, so they can quickly set up business AIs that can talk to their customers, provide support, and facilitate commerce. From answering common customer questions to discussing products and completing a purchase, these business AIs can help businesses reach more customers and increase sales.

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We also continue to see strong adoption of our Generative AI advertising tools, with over 1 million advertisers using the tools and 15 million ads created with them in the past month. On average, ad campaigns using Meta’s Generative AI advertising features resulted in an 11% higher click-through rate and a 7.6% higher conversion rate compared to campaigns that did not use the features.

From speech and vision capabilities to new tools to help businesses grow, our AI technology is now smarter, more fun, and more useful. We continue to iterate to bring you the best AI tools to support your creativity and make your life easier.