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You can now shop, translate and interrupt Meta's AI mid-sentence

The app also gains 'live AI,' a camera-based mode that lets users point their phone at something and ask questions about it in real time — whether that’s identifying a landmark, reading a label, or troubleshooting something at home

The Telegraph

Mathures Paul
Published 14.05.26, 10:47 AM

Meta has rolled out a broad expansion of Muse Spark, the AI model it introduced last month, bringing new capabilities to its standalone AI app, Ray-Ban and Oakley smart glasses, and its wider family of platforms including WhatsApp, Instagram, Facebook, Messenger, and Threads.

The update’s most notable addition to the Meta AI app is an overhaul of voice interaction. Users can now interrupt the assistant mid-response, change topics on the fly, or switch languages during a conversation. While speaking, the assistant can generate images and surface recommendations from Reels, maps, and other sources.

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The feature launches in India with support for English, Hindi, and Bengali.

The app also gains “live AI,” a camera-based mode that lets users point their phone at something and ask questions about it in real time — whether that’s identifying a landmark, reading a label, or troubleshooting something at home. The feature was previously limited to Meta’s AI glasses.

Meta AI now has a shopping mode that pulls together Facebook Marketplace listings and results from across the internet in a single view. A map shows where nearby items are located, and users can filter by price, style, or distance. The update also adds the ability to tag specific brands or creators with the @ symbol to browse their public content, and a grid layout for scrolling through products.

Muse Spark is beginning a gradual rollout on Ray-Ban Meta and Oakley Meta glasses in the US and Canada, with availability on the Meta Ray-Ban Display glasses expected later this summer.

The model is also being integrated into Meta AI’s presence across WhatsApp, Instagram, Facebook, Messenger, and Threads — appearing in search bars, group chats, posts, and other surfaces. Two new features are in testing: a “side chat” that opens a private AI conversation anchored to the context of any group chat, and the ability to mention @meta.ai directly in Threads posts and replies to get responses inline.

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