Meta appears to be working on its own desktop application for macOS, judging by new references that have shown up in recent Meta AI web builds. One is a button in the settings menu, marked with a macOS icon and labeled "Download Meta AI." Alongside it sits a notice describing the app as a way to chat, create, and collaborate with AI from anywhere on the desktop.
The description is still abstract at this stage. It says nothing about coding capabilities and gives no indication of whether the client will lean toward consumer use cases or something closer to a work tool. The download link currently points nowhere, which suggests a feature that is not fully implemented and not available to anyone yet.
The timing lines up with a broader push. Meta recently released its command-line tool powered by Muse Spark 1.2, and a desktop client appears to be the next step in catching up with rivals in the field of desktop "super apps." OpenAI, Anthropic, Google, and SpaceXAI are all actively building tools in this space, and for Meta, having a presence on the desktop matters if the company wants to stay relevant in a category that is quickly becoming a default surface for AI assistants rather than an optional extra.
There is also the question of Hatch. Earlier this year, reports pointed to Meta AI working on its own always-on agent under that name, and traces suggested it was potentially planned for a waitlist release before those references were later removed from the codebase. Whether Hatch ends up shipping as part of the desktop app remains unclear, though it is still highly possible, particularly given how well an always-on agent would fit a client that runs quietly in the background of a machine.
For now, the timeline stays open. With the download link inert and the surrounding copy still generic, it may take some time before anything official arrives from Meta on this.