- By Prateek Levi
- Wed, 30 Apr 2025 05:35 PM (IST)
- Source:JND
Meta just took a major step into the AI assistant race by launching a new standalone Meta AI app, built on its latest Llama 4 model. Unlike earlier experiments, this app isn’t just a chatbot—it’s Meta’s vision of an AI that feels personal, social, and always present. It’s designed to work seamlessly across devices, whether you're on your phone or wearing Meta’s smart glasses. But how does it stack up against ChatGPT, OpenAI’s popular assistant now powered by GPT-4o? Here's a breakdown of the key differences that highlight how these two heavyweights are approaching the future of AI:
Real-Time Voice: Meta’s Duplex Push
Both assistants can talk and listen, but Meta is pushing voice far beyond standard voice-to-text. Its new app includes a full-duplex speech feature, which means Meta AI can talk over you—or at least, respond before you’ve finished speaking. It’s aiming for conversations that feel truly natural, fluid, and human.
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ChatGPT supports voice too, but the experience is more traditional. You speak, it waits, then responds—no overlap. It’s responsive, but not quite the back-and-forth Meta is going for.
Personalisation: Meta Knows You Better (Because You Let It)
Where Meta pulls ahead is personalisation. Because it’s linked to Facebook, Instagram, and Messenger, Meta AI has access to your likes, posts, and interactions—if you’ve linked your accounts. That means it can tailor responses based on your activity, whether that’s suggesting a vacation spot, helping with a plan, or recommending a Reel.
ChatGPT has a memory feature that remembers details you’ve told it—like your name, hobbies, or tone preferences—but it doesn’t pull from your broader digital life. And in some parts of the world, like the EU, this memory is currently disabled due to privacy rules.
Web Smarts and Shopping: OpenAI Takes the Lead
ChatGPT recently got a serious boost when it comes to browsing and online shopping. You can now ask it to find products, check out visuals, read reviews, and click through to buy—all without any ads or sponsored content muddying the results. It’s a clean, global experience that’s built into the chat.
Meta AI can also search the web, but in its current form, real-time data isn’t available during its full-duplex demo mode. It also doesn’t yet offer the same kind of structured, metadata-rich shopping help that OpenAI now provides.
Where It Lives: Meta AI Follows You Around
Unlike ChatGPT, which is mostly a standalone app or web tool, Meta AI is woven into the very fabric of Meta’s platforms. It’s built into WhatsApp, Instagram, Facebook, Messenger, and even Meta’s Ray-Ban smart glasses. You can start chatting on one device and pick up right where you left off on another. There’s also a Discover feed to see what others are doing with it, remix their ideas, and explore the assistant’s possibilities.
ChatGPT is powerful but stays in its own lane—it’s not embedded in your messages or hardware (yet). It’s a dedicated space rather than a companion that follows you wherever you go.
In short, Meta AI is all about making its assistant feel like part of your daily digital rhythm—something you can talk to naturally, across platforms. ChatGPT, meanwhile, leans into precision, advanced browsing, and a more focused, standalone experience. Two different visions of the same AI future—both racing to define what comes next.