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Llama 3.2: Revolutionizing edge AI and vision with open, customizable models

September 23, 2024

Llama 3.2 is here and we're taking AI to the edge! Our Llama 3.2 release includes lightweight models that fit on mobile devices, making AI more accessible than ever! Plus, new vision LLMs for enhanced capabilities.

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Unlock the Power of Reels Ads: Boosting Brand Awareness and Engagement

November 7, 2024

Meta's Reels offers vast potential for developers seeking to integrate engaging, short-form video content into their own advertisers' marketing strategies.

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Advantage+ Shopping Campaigns: Automated E-commerce Advertising

October 31, 2024

Advantage+ Shopping Campaigns is a powerful Meta API-based solution designed to automate e-commerce advertising using machine learning.

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Ads Insights API Unique Metric Updates

October 30, 2024

As of today, 100+ unique metrics have been fully deprecated from the Ads Insights API, impacting the API’s unique_actions and cost_per_unique_action_type fields, on October 30, 2024.

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Teaching the Future: A Creative Recipe for XR Design

Oct 29, 2024

Since the launch of Meta Quest 3, Meta has invested in several paths and events designed to help new and seasoned developers explore development options for VR, mixed reality (MR), and 2D so they can seamlessly enter the XR space and reach their goals faster.

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Released for general availability: Meta’s new data access renewal process

October 25, 2024

As previously announced, we are making significant changes to the way developers certify their access to Meta’s developer platform. This is now being released to general availability and will be rolled out in phases.

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Introducing quantized Llama models for smartphones and edge devices

October 24, 2024

Check out the quantized versions of Llama 3.2 1B and 3B models.

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Enhance Interactions Across More Engines and Platforms with Interaction SDK v69

October 22, 2024

First launched for Unity in 2022, Interaction SDK (ISDK) (Unity | Unreal) has enabled countless developers to enhance user experiences by supporting rich interactions between users and their virtual environment.

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Build New, Innovative Lifestyle Experiences with Meta Horizon Start

October 17, 2024

Today we’re excited to announce an extension to our Meta Horizon Start program aimed at cultivating new lifestyle experiences on Meta Horizon OS.

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App Defense Alliance Releases New Data Security Standards

October 17, 2024

As a community that now includes over 30 industry leaders, we've reached a significant milestone in our mission to elevate the security of app ecosystems through industry-wide adoption of best practices and guidelines.

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Start Building with Meta Quest 3 and 3S

October 15, 2024

At Meta Connect, we shared new hardware, development paths, tools, and mixed reality technologies paving the way for greater developer success on Meta Horizon OS.

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Updating our Platform Terms and Developer Policies

October 15, 2024

As part of our continuous focus on improving developers’ experience and understanding of our terms and policies, we are pleased to announce new updates to our Platform Terms and Developer Policies.

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Introducing Graph API v21.0 and Marketing API v21.0

October 2, 2024

Today, we are releasing Graph API v21.0 and Marketing API v21.0. As part of this release, we are highlighting changes below that we believe are relevant to parts of our developer community.

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Meta Avatars SDK Update: Now Supporting Animated Full-bodied Avatars, Parametric Body Shapes, Custom Animations, and More

October 1, 2024

Today, v29.6 of the Meta Avatars SDK is publicly available, including an assortment of new capabilities and features for developers and their users.

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Introducing new features for the Threads API

October 1, 2024

We want to make Threads the place where people, especially creators and businesses, connect with new and existing audiences around their interests and experiences.

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Upcoming 2024 Restriction Period for US ads about social issues, elections, or politics

September 30, 2024

We previously announced that, as we have since 2020, we will block new social issue, electoral, and political ads during the final week of the general election in the US.

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Implementing Generative AI API Features for Ads Creative

September 30, 2024

With Meta’s first generative AI-powered features for ad creatives now available for all eligible1 advertisers, you can now access these features via the Marketing API.

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Meta Connect 2024 Developer Recap

September 27, 2024

On September 25th and 26th, at our 11th annual Connect conference, Meta unveiled the latest advancements in mixed reality, AI, and wearables, bringing us closer to our vision of a people-centered, open computing platform.

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New Meta for Developers Experience

September 23, 2024

We’re excited to announce that beginning today, developers will have new ways to seamlessly reach the content, resources, and platforms they need to start building via the Meta for Developers marketing hub and revamped developer centers for Meta Horizon and Social technologies.

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Marketing API v21 impacts on original objective usage

September 13, 2024

V21 of the Marketing API will be released on October 2, 2024. With this new version comes further limitations on the use of original (legacy) objectives.

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Supporting additional reminder ads features via Marketing API

September 9, 2024

Before August 19, 2024, developers could not create Instagram reminder ads that used some features available via Meta Ads Manager but not via Marketing API. This lack of parity created unwanted friction for our partners and their customers who wanted to run reminder ads.

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Update on Instagram basic display API

September 4, 2024

Starting on December 4th, 2024, Instagram Basic Display API will no longer be available. In order to help make this transition as smooth as possible, partners will have 90 days from today to make the necessary adjustments before the API is no longer available.

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Announcing a new consolidated assessment approach: Meta’s data access renewal

August 22, 2024

As a part of Meta's commitment to protecting people's privacy and continuing to improve the developer experience, we are making significant changes to the way developers certify their access to Meta’s develop platform.

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Introducing Instagram Graph API with Instagram login

July 30, 2024

The improved Instagram API onboarding flow will simplify key onboarding steps, remove the Facebook login requirements and drive clarity on Instagram messaging permissions.

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The Threads API is finally here!

June 18, 2024

Today at the Cannes Lions International Festival of Creativity, we announced that the Threads API is now available to all developers.

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Introducing Graph API v20.0 and Marketing API v20.0

May 21, 2024

Today, we are releasing Facebook Graph API v20.0 and Marketing API v20.0. As part of this release, we are highlighting changes below that we believe are relevant to parts of our developer community.

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