Meta gives its Muse AI agent video avatars, email addresses, and Mac control

Meta expanded its Muse AI agent at Meta Connect 2026 with real-time video chats using customizable avatars, dedicated email addresses, and the ability to control Mac apps, with Muse coming to Meta's smart glasses in the coming months. CEO Mark Zuckerberg also unveiled the Muse Charm, a palm-sized device with a 2-inch display, 5G, and its own operating system expected to ship by December, while CTO Andrew Bosworth called it an exploration rather than the core of Meta's AI hardware strategy. Meta additionally announced camera-free Ray-Ban Meta Audio Glasses starting at 349 euros, a third-generation Ray-Ban Meta starting at 449 euros, and VR glasses priced at $1,299 arriving in spring 2027, with its "Private Processing" data-shielding system planned for the glasses but no timeline given.

Meta gives its Muse AI agent video avatars, email addresses, and Mac control Meta expanded its AI agent Muse and showed off several new devices at Meta Connect 2026. Muse https://the-decoder.com/muse-can-shop-write-emails-and-negotiate-prices-for-users-all-through-whatsapp/ 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 the Muse Charm https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-09-23/meta-debuts-a-dedicated-palm-sized-muse-charm-device-to-use-ai-on-the-go , a Tamagotchi-like device with a 2-inch display, 5G, and its own operating system. It's expected to ship by December. CTO Andrew Bosworth called the device an exploration and said it isn't the core of Meta's AI hardware strategy. Meta also announced new Ray-Ban Meta Audio Glasses https://www.meta.com/blog/ray-ban-meta-audio-and-deepest-ai-glasses-lineup/ , which drop the camera and start at 349 euros. The third-generation Ray-Ban Meta starts at 449 euros, and a pair of VR glasses https://www.meta.com/blog/meta-vr-glasses-announcement-meta-connect/ will cost $1,299 when they arrive in spring 2027. On privacy, Meta plans to bring its "Private Processing" system to the glasses. The system is designed to shield user data even from Meta itself, but the company hasn't given a timeline. AI News Without the Hype – Curated by Humans Subscribe to THE DECODER for ad-free reading, a weekly AI newsletter, our exclusive "AI Radar" frontier report six times a year, full archive access, and access to our comment section. Subscribe now