What is Meta AI built with?

SwiftUI iOS app with App Intents for Meta AI, LiveKit voice, 35 Metal shaders, and Facebook backend Meta AI's iOS app is built with C/C++, Metal (shaders), Objective-C, Swift, and bundles 6 third-party SDKs alongside Apple's own frameworks. This page lists the languages, frameworks, SDKs, and capabilities detected in the App Store build.

Which third-party SDKs does Meta AI use?

We detected 6 third-party SDKs in Meta AI, grouped by purpose - analytics, crash reporting, payments, networking, and more.

How was Meta AI's tech stack determined?

By statically inspecting Meta AI's iOS App Store build - linked libraries, embedded frameworks, Swift package modules, privacy manifests, and entitlements. Nothing is executed and no private data is accessed.

Live from App Store

Meta AI

Meta Platforms, Inc. · AI Assistant by Meta

Also on Android

Open in App Store

Rating

4.7 (266,966)

Price

Free

Version

v293.0.0

Last updated

Updated Oct 6, 2026

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Build stack

Meta AI iOS tech stack

SwiftUI iOS app with App Intents for Meta AI, LiveKit voice, 35 Metal shaders, and Facebook backend

v276.0.0 · latest

Languages

Swift

Third-party SDKs

6 categories

Apple frameworks

5 total frameworks

Signals

capabilities, APIs, fonts

Analyzed June 23, 2026Bundle com.facebook.stellaappDetection lower bound

Analysis

What the stack reveals

An automated read of the signals detected on this page - each point links to the evidence below.

App Intents for AI and voice

Platform & build

Declares 10 App Intents including 'Talk to Meta AI', microphone mute, and voice note controls with auto shortcuts for Siri integration.

App Intents · 10 actions · Talk to Meta AI · has_auto_shortcuts

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35 custom Metal shader functions

Languages & runtime

Bundles 35 Metal shader functions with MetalKit, indicating custom GPU compute or rendering beyond standard Apple frameworks.

35 Metal shader functions · MetalKit · Metal (shaders)

Runtime↓

LiveKit for voice

Dependencies

Integrates LiveKit SDK categorized under voice, alongside AVFoundation and Speech frameworks.

LiveKit · AVFoundation (audio/video) · Speech (recognition)

SDKs↓

Meta glasses connectivity

Notable

Declares Bluetooth central, local network, and HealthKit permissions with explicit references to glasses in permission purposes.

Bluetooth (central) · Local Network · HealthKit · permission_purposes

On-device vision and ML

On-device ML

Includes Core ML, Vision for on-device OCR and image analysis, plus Natural Language framework.

Core ML · Vision · On-device OCR (Vision) · Natural Language

Facebook backend

Backend & API

Lists facebook.com as backend host with universal links to meta.ai and facebook.com domains.

facebook.com · meta.ai · universal_link_hosts

Signals↓

Mapbox, Spotify, Facebook SDKs

Dependencies

Bundles Mapbox for maps, SpotifyiOS for media, and Facebook SDK for analytics.

Mapbox · SpotifyiOS · Facebook SDK

SDKs↓

Build

Build & platform

Compiler, target OS, supported device families, and localization footprint detected from the bundle.

Min iOS

17.2

Built with

Xcode 26.2

iphoneos26.2

Devices

iPhone · iPad

Localizations

31 strings in base locale

Runtime

Languages & runtimes

Primary runtimes and language signatures used by the app.

Dependencies

Third-party SDKs

Grouped by purpose. Select any SDK to see other tracked apps that use it; open the ↗ link for its source.

6 of 6 SDKs

SDK	Category	Vendor	Version	Apps
Facebook SDKMeta login, sharing, and app-events/attribution SDK.	Analytics	Meta	-	42
MapboxMaps, navigation, and location SDK.	Maps	Mapbox	-	7
Spotify iOS SDKSpotify app-remote / playback SDK for iOS.	Media	Spotify	5.0.1	5
LiveKitReal-time audio/video (WebRTC) SDK.	Voice	LiveKit	1.0	4
libPhoneNumberPhone number parsing, formatting, and validation library.	Telephony	Google	-	30
ConnectIQConnectIQ Mobile SDK	Other	cjsmith	1.0	1

6 SDK rows

Apple

Apple frameworks

Native frameworks and system libraries linked into the build.

ActivityKit (Live Activities)

AdServices (Apple Search Ads attribution)

AdSupport (IDFA)

App Intents

App Tracking Transparency (ATT)

ARKit

Authentication Services (Sign in with Apple / passkeys)

AVFoundation (audio/video)

DeviceCheck / App Attest

EventKit (Calendar / Reminders)

HealthKit

Local Authentication (Face ID / Touch ID)

MapKit

Media Player

MessageUI (mail / SMS compose)

MetalKit

MetricKit (diagnostics)

StoreKit (in-app purchase)

Extensions

App extensions

3 bundled app extensions for widgets, notifications, share sheets, and Siri intents.

FWANotificationServiceExtensionNotification Service

ShareExtensionShare

WidgetExtensionWidget

Shortcuts

App Intents

Actions exposed to Siri, Shortcuts, and Spotlight through the App Intents framework.

10 actions1 entityApp Shortcuts

Interface

UI & graphics

Frameworks and libraries Meta AI uses to render its interface and animations.

SwiftUIUIKit

GPU

Metal shaders

35 custom GPU shader functions across 14 metallib files.

IGGLKBackgroundShaderFragmentIGGLKBackgroundShaderVertexIGGLKGradientShaderFragmentIGGLKGradientShaderVertexIGGLKTextureShaderFragmentIGGLKTextureShaderFragmentYUVIGGLKTextureShaderVertexaggregateStatsKernelaudiobars_fragmentaudiobars_vertexbackgroundFragmentbackgroundVertexbloom_compositebloom_thresholdblur_horizontalblur_verticaldynamicTonemapKernelfragmentShaderglassesSurfaceShaderinverseTonemapKernelmaivoice_embodiment_blob_fragmentmaivoice_embodiment_blob_vertexparticleFragmentparticleVertexpost_vertex

Assets

Bundled fonts

Custom font families packaged in the app bundle.

BrickDisplay-BlackGoodall-MediumLato-BoldLato-ItalicLato-RegularMarche-SuperOptimisticAIApp-LightOptimisticAIVFApp-RegularOptimisticVFApp-Regular-LitePantograph-MediumRay-BanSans-BoldValueSans-BlackItalic

Packaging

Build & packaging

Dependency managers and build tooling detected in the app bundle.

Unknown / Xcode native

Integrations

Services & integrations

Service configuration, URL schemes, universal links, and integration keys observed in the sanitized audit.

SDK config keys

FacebookAppID

Facebook SDK · Info.plist

Registered URL schemes

fb-viewappmeta-ai

Queries other apps

amznmp3barcelonacalmcomgooglemapsduoeclipseemberfbfb-amafb-messengerfb-pmagcm-ciqgoogleauthenticatorhatchhttphttpsi8birdiesihrinstagramlineoculusorg.bemyeyes.BeMyEyesotpauthrbmaudible-v2sgtestapp-sg-credssnapchatspotifystrava

Universal link hosts

accounts.meta.comapplink.meta.aifacebook.comm.facebook.comm.meta.aimeta.aiwww.applink.meta.aiwww.facebook.comwww.meta.ai

Network

Backend & API

Backend hosts, GraphQL operations, and certificate pinning signals detected in the app.

Backend hosts

facebook.com

Entitlements

Capabilities

System capabilities and entitlement flags included with the app.

App GroupsAssociated Domains (Universal Links)Background App RefreshBackground AudioBackground LocationBackground ProcessingBackground PushBluetooth (central)External AccessoryHealthKitKeychain SharingPush Notifications (APNs)Time-Sensitive Notifications

APIs

Detected API usage

System frameworks and privacy-sensitive APIs referenced by the binary.

App Attest (anti-fraud)Biometric auth (Face ID / Touch ID)Camera captureCarrier / cellular infoContactsHashing (SHA-256)HealthKit dataIn-app browser (SFSafariViewController)Keychain readKeychain storageLocationMetal GPU computeMFi external accessoryMotion sensorsOn-device image analysis (Vision)On-device OCR (Vision)Photo libraryPublic-key crypto (Secure Enclave)Sign in with Apple / PasskeysSMS compositionSymmetric crypto (CommonCrypto)Text-to-speechWeb-based OAuth

Privacy

Privacy manifest

Does not declare cross-app tracking in its App Store privacy manifest.

Collected data types

AdvertisingDataAudioDataBrowsingHistoryCoarseLocationContactsCrashDataCreditInfoCustomerSupportDeviceIDEmailAddressEmailsOrTextMessagesFitnessGameplayContentHealthNameOtherDataTypesOtherDiagnosticDataOtherFinancialInfoOtherUsageDataOtherUserContactInfoOtherUserContentPaymentInfoPerformanceDataPhoneNumberPhotosorVideosPhysicalAddressPreciseLocationProductInteraction

Required-reason API categories

DiskSpaceFileTimestampSystemBootTimeUserDefaults

Architecture

Architecture details

Additional build and bundle signals that help explain how the app is structured.

Storyboards

Launch: LaunchscreenBlack

Nibs

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