Meta AI isn’t being released as a completely new app; it’s technically replacing the existing View companion app for the Meta Ray-Ban smart glasses. A dedicated tab in the new interface lets you access the same information as the previous version of the View app for the glasses, including a gallery of photos and videos you’ve taken.

The artificial intelligence tool uses the fourth iteration of Meta’s Llama model, which Meta has touted as being more cost-efficient than competitors like ChatGPT and Gemini.

In the thick of Meta’s first-ever AI developer conference, LlamaCon, CEO Mark Zuckerberg hit the launch button on Meta AI — the company’s full-throttle answer to OpenAI’s ChatGPT. According to Meta’s April 29 press release,