Meta is betting everything on Muse: real-time voice communication, new integrations, its own device, and more

As part of its Meta Connect 2026 event, Meta has unveiled numerous updates across its entire ecosystem. Among the most notable are those related to Muse, its personal AI agent, which—less than a month after launch—has already become the company’s flagship bet.

From improvements to its real-time communication capabilities to new connectors with your everyday apps, as well as the launch of a new wearable device called Muse Charm in true Tamagotchi style, this article rounds up all the latest news and updates on Muse.

Muse, an AI with access to your personal life

Muse is a proactive, customizable personal AI agent that adapts to each user based on the information and access they choose to provide. This allows the AI to act in line with the person’s goals, cross-reference information from their apps and tools (such as email, calendar, Instagram, WhatsApp, or Facebook, among others), and perform tasks (either because it is asked to or because it detects that they are necessary or beneficial).

Like any AI agent, Muse raises the question of how much you want an artificial intelligence or tool to have access to your personal or professional data and applications. It is up to each user to set their own boundaries, but it is worth taking a moment to reflect before making that decision.

Muse comes to life thanks to Realtime Avatar technology

Meta wants to make Muse indispensable for its users, and to do so, it is focusing on making the conversational experience with the AI as seamless as possible. Muse’s voice mode allows users to have spoken conversations with the tool while it carries out tasks in the background.

To take that conversational experience to the next level, Meta Superintelligence Labs has also developed Muse Realtime Avatar, a technology that allows Muse’s avatar (which, by the way, is named Jolly, according to Zuckerberg) to come to life, gesturing and moving while interacting with the user.

Another area Meta is enhancing to make Muse more appealing is personalization. When it comes to voice mode, users can adjust the AI’s voice through simple descriptions, including asking it to speak faster, slower, or with a specific accent, for example.

On top of that, it is also possible to change the appearance of Muse’s avatar, allowing it to take on the form and design that best suits each person.

you gave your Muse a look. now give it a voice pic.twitter.com/8QjLyaM7qq

— Muse (@Muse) September 23, 2026

More connections with websites, apps, and tools

Meta also announced the addition of new integrations with popular apps and tools, expanding on those already available. The new features are:

• Access to Shopify’s full catalog to suggest products or make purchases: the Shopify connection had already been announced when Muse launched, but it is now fully available.
• Online shopping integration with Walmart, Best Buy, American Eagle Outfitters, DICK’S Sporting Goods, Fanatics, Gap, Michael Kors, Sephora, Ulta, and Wayfair.
• Payment integration with Shop Pay and PayPal.
• Integration with Expedia to streamline trip planning.
• Integration with Instacart to stock the pantry.
• Integration with Notion, Granola, GitHub, and Box to help with work.

The company has also already made it clear that this is only the beginning, and that it will continue announcing new partnerships and integrations in the near future.

Muse Charm, the device powered by Muse

Now that Meta has managed to deepen our smartphone addiction with its apps, its next step is to hook us on a new device of its own. That would be the new Muse Charm, a wearable gadget similar to a Tamagotchi and powered by Muse.

Muse Charm is designed to be a direct communication channel with Muse beyond your phone or computer, allowing you to interact with the AI agent by voice in real time. “We have integrated the full Muse experience, including the complete real-time voice and avatar system, into a device that fits on a keychain and is always available to talk. You just tap here, on the fingerprint sensor in the corner, and you can start talking without having to unlock your phone or open any app,” Zuckerberg explained during the Meta Connect 2026 event.

For now, Muse Charm is still not available to the general public, as Meta’s team is still refining the design of its components. However, Zuckerberg has promised that the device will be ready to ship in time for Christmas.

charmed to meet you! pic.twitter.com/agyvzN2WwR

— Muse (@Muse) September 24, 2026

Muse will have its own email

When Meta launched Muse, it highlighted all the tasks this AI agent could perform. Among them was managing your emails or using information from your inbox to manage your schedule, remind you about events, or provide useful information.

Now, the tech company has announced a new email-related feature that, in this case, is meant to open up a new communication channel with Muse. Muse will have its own email address, allowing you to send or forward emails to it, add it to conversations, and even let it handle tasks on its own.

For now, all we know is that this feature will be activated “soon.”

Muse can now operate Mac computers

Muse is now capable of taking control of a Mac computer to access any application on the device, as long as the user grants the relevant permissions. In addition, the user does not need to be actively using the Mac for Muse to work, since the AI can operate in the background.

Muse will be integrated into Meta’s AI glasses

In the coming months, Meta will integrate Muse technology into its AI glasses so that users can use the agent hands-free, invoking it simply by saying its name.

“Muse also can act on what you are seeing, so you will not have to describe what is in front of you: ask it about a product on a shelf, a flyer on a wall, or a long list of school supplies, and Muse can take care of it,” Meta explains.

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