The smartwatch interface retains Muse's animated avatar, a central part of Meta's approach to making its AI assistant more personalized. Users can customize the character's appearance, choosing designs that resemble people, animals or other figures.
The smaller interface gives users several ways to communicate with Muse depending on the situation. Voice conversations and dictation offer alternatives to typing on a smartwatch, while the complication provides faster access for brief interactions.
The launch follows a series of updates to Muse since its initial App Store debut in September. Meta introduced an iPad version in October, expanding the assistant's availability across Apple devices before adding smartwatch support.
Muse is designed to perform tasks on behalf of users through connections to their accounts and services. Its capabilities include managing email, organizing meetings, handling bills, making reservations, ordering groceries and completing purchases. Users can also establish goals and have the assistant help manage related activities.
However, the available reporting does not establish which of those functions can be completed entirely through the smartwatch applications. It also leaves unanswered how much of the experience depends on a connected phone or cloud-based processing.
The wearable expansion arrives shortly after Meta introduced several additional ways to interact with Muse.
Earlier this month, the company launched Spaces, a feature that organizes interactions with the assistant around specific topics or objectives. Spaces appear in Muse's sidebar and function as focused environments where users can collaborate with the agent on particular tasks.
Meta describes these environments as “custom experiences,” with AI-generated mini applications that support different activities. Rather than keeping every request in a single conversation, users can maintain separate spaces for ongoing projects and goals.
Meta also recently introduced real-time video conversations with Muse avatars for users in the United States. The feature allows the animated character to respond with facial expressions and gestures that correspond to the conversation.
Although the experience resembles a video call, Muse does not visually observe the user. Instead, the assistant processes what the person says and responds through its animated character.
These additions have accompanied rapid early adoption of the standalone application. Muse exceeded 10 million downloads in the United States during its first 40 days on Apple's App Store, becoming one of only 12 mobile applications to reach that milestone within the same period.
Meta is also developing a separate AI companion device called Muse Charm. According to Reuters, the planned hardware includes an approximately 2-inch display, a built-in 5G modem, voice controls and an animated avatar.
Despite its cellular connectivity, Charm is not designed to make phone calls, Reuters reported. Meta has not disclosed its price.
The dedicated device represents a different approach from the new smartwatch applications. While Charm would introduce purpose-built hardware for interacting with Muse, the Apple Watch and Wear OS versions bring the assistant to devices users may already own.
The company has also extended Muse into its broader consumer ecosystem, including Instagram and Facebook, as it develops additional ways for people to access the agent.
For now, the smartwatch release adds another entry point for Muse without establishing whether its full range of capabilities is supported on wearable devices. Details about regional availability, pricing and potential restrictions on voice interactions were not specified in the available reporting.
The update nevertheless broadens how users can reach Meta's AI assistant, combining the existing avatar-based experience with shorter interactions suited to a smartwatch.
This analysis is based on reporting from Yahoo Tech courtesy of Gadget Review.
Image courtesy of X/@Meta.
This article was generated with AI assistance and reviewed for accuracy and quality.
