Originally published on AI Tech Connect.
What happened Meta shipped an app called Pocket on 29 June 2026, listing it on both the App Store and Google Play — but without any public announcement. TechCrunch first reported the launch on 2 July, after reverse engineer Alessandro Paluzzi spotted the Play Store listing. Pocket turns text prompts into small interactive experiences Meta calls "gizmos" — playable mini-games and toys generated on the fly, plus a scrollable feed for discovering what other people have made. It's a soft launch restricted to Brazil. TechCrunch reported it could not install the app on any US device it tried, and Meta's own help documentation reportedly states the app "is not yet available everywhere." The technology comes from an acquisition. Pocket is built on tech Meta licensed from Gizmo, a vibe-coded game-…
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