Facebook's parent company adopted which new corporate name in October 2021?

Facebook's parent company adopted the corporate name Meta Platforms in October 2021.

Chief executive Mark Zuckerberg announced the change at the company's Connect conference on October 28, 2021. The new name reflected a strategic emphasis on building the metaverse, a broad concept involving immersive virtual and augmented reality experiences.

The rebranding changed the parent company's identity, but it did not rename Facebook itself. Facebook remained the name of the social-networking service, alongside products such as Instagram, WhatsApp, and Messenger. Meta Platforms became the public company name associated with the collection of those services.

A common mix-up is treating Meta as a replacement name for Facebook the app. Another is assuming that the corporate rebrand immediately created a single finished virtual world. In reality, the metaverse was a long-term strategy involving hardware, software, online communities, and digital environments.