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title: "Meta quietly launched Waddle World, a Tamagotchi-like, AI pet-rearing game, in the Philippines in September, calling it a \"daily journal disguised as a pet\" (Mariella Moon/Engadget)"
type: signal
url: https://frontiernewswire.com/s/meta-quietly-launched-waddle-world-a-tamagotchi-like-ai-pet-rearing-6ad37fbf
published: 2026-10-28T12:05:01.000Z
byline: "Source: TECHMEME"
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# Meta quietly launched Waddle World, a Tamagotchi-like, AI pet-rearing game, in the Philippines in September, calling it a "daily journal disguised as a pet" (Mariella Moon/Engadget)

Source: TECHMEME · Published 2026-10-28 · Canonical: https://frontiernewswire.com/s/meta-quietly-launched-waddle-world-a-tamagotchi-like-ai-pet-rearing-6ad37fbf

Mariella Moon / Engadget : Meta quietly launched Waddle World, a Tamagotchi-like, AI pet-rearing game, in the Philippines in September, calling it a "daily journal disguised as a pet" — But it's only available in the Philippines for now. — Looks like a big part of Meta's AI strategy is to rely on …

## Sources

- [Read the original at TECHMEME](https://www.techmeme.com/261028/p22#a261028p22)

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