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Muse agent and Muse Realtime Avatar

Meta · 23 September 2026

Meta turns Muse into a consumer agent with a Mac app, its own email address, retail checkout partners and a real-time talking avatar (~870 ms latency).

Moves Muse from chatbot to action-taking agent with shopping integrations (Shopify, Stripe, PayPal, Walmart etc.), a developer connector programme (1,500+ applications in a week) and a real-time avatar distilled 60x (120 to 2 evaluations per chunk).

Date
Wednesday, 23 September 2026
Lab
Meta
Kind
product
Access
app only

Figures

MeasureValueMeasured by
Realtime Avatar latency~870 ms
60x inference reduction via distillation; Meta-reported
company

Several features (glasses, Mac, email, avatar) were 'coming soon' at announcement.

Sources

  1. techcrunch.com/2026/09/23/everything-new-coming-to-metas-ai-agent-muse/
  2. research.meta.ai/blog/bringing-your-muse-to-life

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