Source : TechCrunch
MENLO PARK, California, November 9, 2026 – Meta has made its Muse AI agent available on Apple Watch and on smartwatches running Google’s Wear OS, allowing people to talk to the assistant from their wrist. The company announced the launch on Monday, and it was reported by TechCrunch and The Verge.
Users can now interact with Muse through voice calls, text messages or dictation on a compatible watch, without taking out their phone. Muse’s official account said the assistant “works around the clock, and now on your wrist”. PCMag reported that the watch apps work as companions for people who already have Muse set up on their phone, and that the Apple Watch version requires watchOS 9 or later, while the Wear OS requirements are less clearly stated. ITmedia also reported the watchOS 9 requirement, said the iPhone companion app requires iOS 18.0 or later, and said both watch apps can be downloaded free of charge, with paid plans for additional features. According to ITmedia, the apps can be launched from a watch-face complication, and Meta’s own promotional images show tasks such as booking cinema tickets or flagging a clash between a meeting and another appointment.
The smartwatch release comes about a month after Meta introduced a dedicated iPad app for Muse, and about two months after Muse first appeared on the App Store in September. TechCrunch reported that Muse can be connected to accounts such as email, calendars and bills, and can be asked to book reservations, order groceries, set goals and make purchases. Users can also personalise a Muse avatar to look like a person, an animal or another character.
The launch adds a wearable front end to a product Meta has been expanding quickly. In recent days the company has introduced Spaces, which let users open focused conversations that function as mini-apps for a particular task, and, last week, the ability for users in the United States to video-chat with their Muse avatar. Meta has said Muse uses “subtle expressions and gestures” that reflect the tone and context of the conversation, and that the assistant can hear users but does not see them.
TechCrunch reported that, shortly after its launch, Muse became one of only 12 mobile apps to have surpassed 10 million downloads in the United States within their first 40 days on the App Store. The Verge also confirmed that Muse now works on Apple Watch and Wear OS.
For people who already use Muse on a phone, the practical change is that the assistant can now be summoned from a watch face, including for everyday tasks such as booking tickets or checking a calendar. Meta is presenting the move as a way to keep Muse close at hand throughout the day, as consumer AI agents compete for a place on phones, tablets and, now, wrists. TechCrunch said the Apple Watch and Wear OS launch underlines Meta’s ambition to make Muse a central part of its consumer AI offering, after the product’s rapid expansion from the iPhone to the iPad and now to watches.
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