Meta Connect

2026-09-27

COMPANIES · 1 SOURCE · TechCrunch AI

Meta promotes Muse at Connect as downloads top ~3.4M

Meta’s new AI app Muse has seen rapid adoption since its Sept. 8 launch, with Sensor Tower estimating more than 3.4 million downloads and other firms reporting 2.3–4.3 million; downloads and daily activity spiked after Meta heavily promoted Muse at its Meta Connect conference, where the company announced new features including avatar video chat, Mac support, an email address for the agent, more partners/connectors and smart-glasses plans. Muse has reached No.1 on the U.S. App Store and Google Play, and Meta is pushing the app via house ads across Facebook and Instagram plus wider ad buys, though paid ads accounted for a minority of impressions early on.

8.0

2026-09-26

COMPANIES · 1 SOURCE · TechCrunch AI

Meta demos audio-only smart glasses with Muse integration at Meta Connect

At Meta Connect, Meta showcased multiple pairs of smart glasses, including unreleased audio-only glasses with six microphones and no camera that integrate with its AI personal agent Muse (voice commands and avatar personalization). The company also demoed lower-cost hearing-assist glasses (claimed $150) that amplify nearby speech and offer focused/omnidirectional modes.

7.0

2026-09-24

COMPANIES · 2 SOURCES · The Verge AI · TechCrunch AI

Meta reveals Muse Charm, a standalone device for its Muse AI agent

Meta briefly showed a dedicated hardware device called the Muse Charm for its Muse AI agent during Meta Connect. The chunky, watch-like gadget (with a fingerprint sensor, a camera and multiple microphones) reportedly doesn’t require a phone to use; Meta says it has “only built a few” so far and plans to ship the Charm “in time for the holidays in December.”

7.0

2026-09-24

COMPANIES · 1 SOURCE · The Verge AI

Meta’s Muse AI and mascot 'Jolly' are being pushed into smart glasses and new Charm wearable

A Verge review describes Meta’s Muse AI agent — often presented with a cute mascot called Jolly — being integrated into Meta’s smart glasses and a new standalone wearable called Charm. The reporter’s demos showed Muse helping with visual decisions and health planning but also demonstrated typical AI errors and raised concerns about how a deliberately adorable persona can encourage users to share more data.

6.0

2026-09-24

COMPANIES · 1 SOURCE · The Verge AI

Questions for Mark Zuckerberg on Meta Glasses, Muse AI agent, and teen safety

At Meta's Connect event the company showcased its new Muse AI agent, which the article says 'appears to be an early hit.' The writer highlights passages from Mark Zuckerberg's recent interview and raises concerns about passive recording via Meta Glasses, content made with the glasses (which Meta says it has down-ranked on Instagram), and broader questions about communication and teen safety.

5.0

2026-09-24

COMPANIES · 1 SOURCE · TechCrunch AI

Meta expands Muse agent with real-time avatar, glasses, Mac and commerce integrations

At Meta Connect, the company announced a broad set of upgrades to its new personal AI agent Muse — powered by the Muse Spark multimodal model — including a Muse Realtime Avatar for live video chats (the avatar is called “Jolly”), integration with Meta’s AI smart glasses, Mac desktop agentic capabilities, a dedicated Muse email address feature coming soon, and commerce/payment connectors with partners such as Shopify, Shop Pay, Stripe and PayPal plus retail partners including Best Buy, Gap, Sephora, Walmart and Wayfair. Meta said Muse launched in early September, will run across users’ devices and accounts, and that some features should arrive “in the coming months,” while the company plans to subsidize initial token usage and later take a small fee on transactions.

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