Meta AI's global rollout has picked up pace, with the conversational AI tool now operating in 22 countries after launching in the United States earlier in the year.
Meta AI Expansion Reaches 22 Countries
The platform had already reached 13 nations before this latest wave. Seven additional countries recently gained access: Argentina, Cameroon, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, Mexico, and Peru. Meta also confirmed that Meta AI is on track to be available in 43 countries across a dozen languages as its gradual rollout continues.
New Languages Across WhatsApp, Facebook, and Messenger
Alongside the geographic expansion, Meta added multilingual support across WhatsApp, Facebook, Messenger, and Instagram. The new languages include French, German, Hindi (including Romanized script), Italian, Portuguese, and Spanish, serving existing markets such as France, Germany, India, Italy, Portugal, and Spain.
Four New Features Introduced
Meta announced four new capabilities alongside the expansion:
Image Imagination — Users can ask Meta AI to generate a personalised image from a text description. For example, typing "picture me like this: an astronaut" produces a custom AI-generated photo incorporating the user's likeness.
Image Editing — Once an image is generated, users can refine it with specific text commands. A prompt like "substitute the cat with a corgi" modifies the image accordingly, allowing for iterative creative control.
Easier Access for Posts — Meta AI is now integrated directly within story, post, and status creation flows across Facebook, Instagram, Messenger, and WhatsApp, making it easier to generate content without leaving the app.
Enhanced Math and Coding — Meta introduced access to Llama 405B, its largest and most capable open-source model, on WhatsApp and meta.ai. The upgrade improves Meta AI's ability to handle complex mathematical problems, debug code, suggest optimisations, and provide technical instruction.
What Comes Next
Meta projected that Meta AI would reach approximately 500 million monthly active users by the end of 2024, which would position it as one of the most widely used AI assistants in the world. Further country and language expansions were already in planning at the time of this announcement.
