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Meta expands Muse with video calls, email addresses, Mac app control, and Realtime Avatar model
Meta is rolling out several updates to its Muse AI agent: Muse agents will get their own email addresses for task handling and communication, the Muse Mac app will gain the ability to use the computer, and Muse will support live video conversations with customizable voice plus a new Muse Realtime Avatar model to drive movement. Meta says it plans to bring Muse to its smart glasses in the coming months and reported that Muse topped App Store charts after launch.
KEY POINTS
- Meta is rolling out several updates to its Muse AI agent: Muse agents will get their own email addresses for task handling and communication, the Muse Mac app will gain the ability to use the computer, and Muse will support live video conversations with customizable voice plus a new Muse Realtime Avatar model to drive movement.
- Meta says it plans to bring Muse to its smart glasses in the coming months and reported that Muse topped App Store charts after launch.
- Moving Muse from text chat toward a multimodal, embodied assistant that can act via email, video, and devices increases its user utility and competitive significance while implicating privacy, safety, and device-integration issues.
WHY IT MATTERS
Moving Muse from text chat toward a multimodal, embodied assistant that can act via email, video, and devices increases its user utility and competitive significance while implicating privacy, safety, and device-integration issues.
SOURCES & TIMELINE
2Muse started as a chatbot but will soon be an AI avatar you can talk with over video. Meta is quickly iterating on its new Muse AI agent, announcing a bunch of updates today that make the bot more capable and able to chat with you in more ways. Muse agents are getting their own email addresses that they can use for accomplishing tasks. You’ll also be able to communicate with your Muse agent over the new email addre…
Meta expanded its AI agent Muse and showed off several new devices at Meta Connect 2026. Muse now supports real-time video chats with customizable avatars, gets its own email addresses, and can control Mac apps. In the coming months, Muse will also run on Meta's smart glasses. There, it will turn conversations into actions, like adding items to a shopping list or scheduling meetings. Mark Zuckerberg also unveiled th…