Meta Muse Charm is a dedicated hardware device built for the company’s new Muse AI agent, briefly shown by chief executive Mark Zuckerberg at the close of the Meta Connect presentation. The gadget resembles a chunky smartwatch without a strap, featuring a large screen alongside a small lanyard for carrying it around.
The device includes a fingerprint sensor in the top right corner, which users press to activate the agent and begin speaking to it. It also appears to have a small camera and at least three holes on the front that look like microphones. Zuckerberg said there is no need to unlock a phone or open an app to use the Charm, though he did not explain how the device connects to Meta’s servers.
Release timing and design
Meta plans to ship the Muse Charm in time for the December holidays, but Zuckerberg noted that the company has “only built a few of these so far”. He added that Meta still needs to finalise the “finishing material”. Throughout the keynote, he teased a translucent exterior that would allow users to see the gadget’s internal components, describing the look as an “elevated hacker aesthetic”. He promised to share further details soon.
Muse AI and the hardware race
Although Muse is less than a month old, the AI agent has quickly become a prominent new product for Meta. The bot can take actions on a user’s behalf, and Zuckerberg used part of the keynote to outline new capabilities, including computer use on Macs and control over an email address.
Numerous companies are competing in the still-undefined and largely experimental field of AI hardware. The closest comparison to the Muse Charm may be the Rabbit R1, a similarly sized device that housed an AI agent. Connect underlined how keenly Meta wants to lead the race towards the next major hardware platform, moving quickly to test whether Muse as a physical device can find an audience.
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