Meta AI Cheat Sheet: Models, Features, Pricing & Privacy

Meta AI may already be inside your messaging app. That does not mean it has the tools you need for work.

Meta’s generative AI assistant supports questions, writing, research, and creative tasks across its services. Its standalone app and website also offer planning and connected-service features, with availability varying by platform, market, and account.

Before uploading a document or connecting a calendar, check what that version can do and how it handles your information. This cheat sheet explains the features, costs, and privacy controls that matter.

The capabilities below span different Meta AI experiences. Not every feature is available in every app, country, or account.

Meta AI supports requests that combine different activities, allowing users to move between tasks and refine the results through conversation.

Ask questions, write, and solve problems

Conversational tools help with everyday communication, learning, and technical questions.

• Writing and editing: Draft emails, captions, and messages, then adjust their wording, length, or tone.
• Learning and problem-solving: Explain unfamiliar subjects, perform calculations, and simplify complicated information.
• Coding assistance: Generate sample code, explain programming concepts, and troubleshoot errors.

Follow-up prompts let users build on previous answers. Voice conversations support spoken questions and interruptions, while camera-based assistance can interpret objects, signs, and surroundings on compatible devices.

Search, research, and analyze information

Research tools can retrieve current information, investigate multiple sources, and prepare reports with citations. Users can also redirect an investigation while it is underway.

Uploaded materials can be examined in several ways:

• Documents and PDFs: Summarize passages and extract important details.
• Spreadsheets: Interpret figures, identify patterns, and analyze data.
• Images and screenshots: Examine visual content and answer related questions.

Someone reviewing a service agreement, for example, could identify payment terms, cancellation conditions, and renewal dates without manually searching through the entire document.

Create and edit images and videos

Creative features support original content generation and modifications to existing visuals.

• Image generation: Create pictures from text prompts, combine visual references, and experiment with styles.
• Photo editing: Remove objects, change backgrounds, and adjust selected areas.
• Video creation: Generate and remix short clips through Vibes, which also includes a feed for discovering and sharing AI videos.

Meta’s image tools offer suggested presets for users who want to begin editing without detailed prompts. Vibes also allows creations to be shared through supported social platforms.

Plan tasks and work with connected apps

In supported markets, the Meta AI app and website offer planning features, recurring updates, slide creation, and connections to email and calendar services. Check availability in the version you intend to use.

• Scheduling and recurring tasks: Develop plans, arrange regular updates, and receive daily briefings.
• Connected services: Access authorized email and calendar information to review appointments and identify scheduling conflicts.
• Work materials: Generate slide presentations, schedules, and other planning materials.

Advanced functions in the standalone experience also allow users to modify a report, presentation, or plan while the assistant is preparing it.

Shop, discover places, and get recommendations

Shopping and discovery features draw on product information and relevant public social content to help people explore their options.

• Product searches: Find nearby Facebook Marketplace listings alongside items from online retailers.
• Shopping comparisons: Refine results by price, distance, style, and personal preferences.
• Local discovery: Explore businesses and places using public posts and community recommendations.

Someone furnishing an apartment, for example, could compare secondhand furniture available nearby with new products before making a purchase.

Meta AI is the assistant people interact with, while Muse Spark is the AI model family powering its conversational and reasoning capabilities.

Most processing occurs through cloud-based systems, with specialized models supporting different types of requests.

Models and technology behind Meta AI

Developed by Meta Superintelligence Labs, the Muse model family includes technologies for conversation, visual creation, and advanced reasoning.

According to Meta, specialized models trained using Muse Wonder are being introduced to Meta AI, improving how it handles earlier context and complicated requests.

Other related technologies include Muse Wonder and Wonder Full, advanced models available through developer services, and Muse Spark Open, an open-weight model for custom applications. These releases are distinct from the models users select inside the consumer assistant.

Meta also offers Muse, a separate personal AI agent designed to carry out more extensive tasks through connected applications.

Response modes

Meta AI offers two main modes suited to different requests:

• Instant: Provides quick responses for everyday questions and straightforward tasks.
• Thinking: Spends additional processing time on complex problems, calculations, and requests involving several steps.

For demanding questions, advanced reasoning can also involve multiple AI processes examining different aspects of a problem before preparing a response.

The assistant is accessible through existing Meta apps, dedicated software, and compatible smart glasses. Each platform offers a different way to start interacting with it.

Meta AI does not have one universal activation process. It is already integrated into supported social and messaging apps, while standalone applications and smart glasses have their own sign-in or setup steps.

Available features vary by platform, region, and account.

Meta AI is free for everyday assistance. Users who want greater access to creative features can subscribe to Meta One, which combines expanded AI usage with benefits across the company’s social apps.

Separate Instagram Plus, Facebook Plus, and WhatsApp Plus subscriptions provide app-specific benefits. Meta One also offers creator and business plans with professional features and different pricing.

Prices and included benefits can differ by region and account.

Meta provides privacy settings for AI interactions, including controls affecting personalization and how information is used across its services.

AI conversations and personalized recommendations

Under Meta’s data policies, interactions with its AI features can help personalize content and ads in supported regions.

Cross-account use also depends on account linking. Meta says WhatsApp AI interactions are not used to personalize experiences across other accounts when the WhatsApp account has not been added to Accounts Center.

For example, questions about hiking equipment could influence related product suggestions. Meta says certain sensitive subjects, including health and political views, are excluded from AI-based advertising personalization.

The company also uses relevant conversation context and previously shared preferences to improve responses. Users can review available controls through Meta’s Privacy Center, advertising settings, and account preferences.

Incognito chats and privacy controls

Incognito Chat provides a separate conversation mode within supported versions of WhatsApp and the standalone Meta AI mobile app.

Meta says messages are processed in a secure environment designed to prevent the company from reading their contents. Conversations are not saved and disappear by default.

People sharing confidential information or using connected services should also review the applicable permissions and privacy policies before granting access.

Several established generative AI assistants offer similar capabilities, although their tools, models, and integrations differ.

• ChatGPT: OpenAI’s assistant supports writing, research, coding, file analysis, and multi-step workflows through dedicated applications and connected tools.
• Claude: Developed by Anthropic, Claude offers document analysis, coding, and professional task assistance, with tools for managing projects and creating interactive content.
• Google Gemini: Google’s assistant combines research, content creation, and multimodal capabilities with integrations across Android and Google Workspace, including Gmail, Docs, and Drive.

Meta AI offers a different experience because its capabilities are distributed across several familiar applications. Before choosing it over another assistant, users should consider whether the features they need are available where they intend to use them and whether those tools justify any additional subscription costs.

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