Meta AI is now available as a dedicated Mac app, giving users a desktop route to the company’s AI chatbot. Announced on Wednesday, the application lets you share your window with the assistant, which can then answer questions, offer suggestions, or generate content based on what appears on your screen.
The Mac release positions Meta AI as more than a conversational tool, reshaping it into a productivity-focused assistant. Alongside screen sharing, the app supports dictation across every application, allowing users to enter text by voice regardless of which programme is active.
What the Meta AI Mac app can do
The headline feature is the ability to share your active window with the chatbot. Once shared, Meta AI can interpret what it sees and respond accordingly, whether that means clarifying on-screen information, proposing next steps, or producing new material. This visual awareness is paired with system-wide dictation, extending voice input beyond a single app and into the wider macOS environment.
By bringing these tools together in a single desktop application, Meta is aiming to make its chatbot a more practical fixture in everyday workflows rather than a standalone destination that users have to seek out through a browser or mobile device.
Competing with rival desktop assistants
The launch arrives as Meta looks to keep pace with rivals that already offer dedicated desktop software. Google’s Gemini app also allows users to share their window with the assistant, while OpenAI’s ChatGPT and Anthropic’s Claude go further still, enabling their chatbots to take a greater degree of control on the desktop.
By adding a Mac client, Meta closes a gap in its product line and matches a feature set that competing services have made central to their offering. The move reflects a broader shift across the sector, where AI providers are increasingly building native desktop tools designed to sit close to the applications people use most.
The Meta AI Mac app supports window sharing and dictation across all applications from launch.
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