It's Official - Facebook's New Name Is 'Meta' Skip to content Click here to check out the GameByte Shop great games, consoles and more! How quaint. It’ s Official – Facebook’ s New Name Is ‘ Meta’ 29 October 2021 by Joshua Boyles Mark Zuckerberg has announced that the company of Facebook will now be known by a new name – Meta. The founder and CEO of Facebook, Mark Zuckerberg, hosted a Facebook Connect event last night. In the presentation, the CEO revealed that the company is adopting the new name of Meta, effective immediately. This is supposedly to separate the company from its perception as ‘just a social media company’. “We’re now looking at and reporting on our businesses as two different segments. One for our family of apps and one for our work on future platforms. As part of this, it is time for us to adopt a new company brand to encompass everything that we do,” Zuckerberg explains.ADVERT ADVERT “To reflect who we are and what we hope to build, I am proud to announce that, starting today, our company is now ‘Meta’” While the company name of Facebook is changing to Meta, the name of its apps are remaining the same. Facebook operates the titan social media platform, as well as Messenger, WhatsApp, Instagram, and Oculus. All of these apps and services will retain their current branding – you’ll still be using the same apps and websites. I’m glad, because I’m sure we all don’t fancy explaining this to our grandparents. Speaking of Oculus, Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas has just been announced to come to the VR platform.ADVERT ADVERT Credit: Meta Zuckerberg wants to build a ‘ metaverse’ Altering a company name isn’t anything abnormal. In fact, it’s something that Google did back in 2015 when it renamed itself to ‘Alphabet’, making itself a subsidiary. However, Lord Zuck made it weird by going on to say that the company has “a new north star: to help bring the metaverse to life.” I’m sure ‘bringing the metaverse to life’ has some sort of deeper meaning within the tech industry. However, it sounds like a far worse ripoff of a superhero cinematic universe. What do you think about Facebook changing its name to Meta? Let us know across our meta… I mean social channels.ADVERT ADVERT Shop with GameByte Don’t forget, you can find some of these great games and more through the new GameByte Shop! The GameByte Shop is stocked up with the latest games, merch and accessories. We might even have a new-gen console or two! Sign up for our newsletter to be notified of our console drops. Please note the GameByte Shop is available for UK customers only. [Featured Image Credit: Meta] TweetShareSharePin Follow us on @GameByte @gamebyte GameByte GameByte GameByte Noobs Play @GameByte @gamebyte GameByte GameByte GameByte Noobs Play External Links Policy GameByte Staff About GameByte Advertise with us Careers Ambassador Program Contact Terms and Conditions Privacy Policy Cookie Policy Manage Cookies Preferences Submit Your Content FragHero Sporf 9 to 5 Life Social Chain Social Chain Agency