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Meta Launches Muse Gadgets for Developers and Hobbyists
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In Short: Meta has launched Muse Gadgets, an open-source project that enables developers and hobbyists to connect physical hardware to its AI agent, Muse.
Meta has launched Muse Gadgets, an open-source project that enables developers and hobbyists to connect physical hardware to its AI agent, Muse. The company is making 5,000 Muse Home Link devices available to eligible Muse subscribers in the United States, with shipping planned for October.
The Muse Home Link device allows Muse to connect to a home Wi-Fi network and interact with compatible devices through community-built skills. Users can program an off-the-shelf ESP32 board or use Meta’s software development kits to set up Muse on devices such as a Raspberry Pi.
Nat Friedman, Head of Product at Meta Superintelligence Labs, said, “Muse gadgets are open source devices you build yourself. Program an off-the-shelf ESP32 board or set up a Raspberry Pi with our SDKs, then connect Muse to your displays, buttons, sensors, actuators, and whatever else you’ve got lying on your workbench. Proceed at your own risk!”
Meta suggests various projects, including using a color E Ink display to show reminders, connecting Muse to a large screen through an HDMI stick, or building a small touchscreen device that resembles a DIY version of the Muse Charm.
The company has released its device SDKs and firmware as open-source software under the Apache 2.0 license, enabling users to connect Muse to displays, buttons, speakers, sensors, and other hardware.
In addition to developers, Muse Gadgets appear to be a project targeted at hobbyists. The company is testing the idea itself through Muse Home Link, a gadget designed to connect Muse with smart devices around the home.
Friedman added, “We built a gadget of our own, too: Muse Home Link is a little USB-C-powered device that allows Muse to connect to your home network to talk to smart home devices like TVs and speakers and anything else that exposes HTTPS. All the code for Muse Home Link is also open source.”
The timing is significant because Muse has been gaining users rapidly in the US since its launch on September 8. Data from market intelligence firm Sensor Tower shows that Muse crossed 5 million downloads within 22 days, reaching the milestone faster than OpenAI’s ChatGPT, X’s Grok, and Anthropic’s Claude.
Meta has established a new business unit called Meta Enterprise Platform as part of its broader effort to take its AI products into businesses and enterprise environments.
The combination of Muse Gadgets, Home Link, and the small-business offering suggests that Meta is testing several routes for turning Muse from an AI assistant into a more widely connected platform.
Background
Meta has launched Muse Gadgets, an open-source project that enables developers and hobbyists to connect physical hardware to its AI agent, Muse.
What's confirmed
- The company describes Muse Gadgets as open-source devices that users can build themselves and connect to different hardware components.
- “Program an off-the-shelf ESP32 board or set up a Raspberry Pi with our SDKs, then connect Muse to your displays, buttons, sensors, actuators, and whatever else you’ve got lying on your workbench.” Meta also cautions users to “Proceed at your own risk!” Alongside the open-source project, Meta has developed its own Muse Home Link gadget.
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What's still developing
- Depending on the setup, Muse can be used to turn on a light, control a television, send a document to a printer and perform other connected-home tasks.
- The company on Friday announced the open-source release of Muse Gadgets—publishing ESP32 firmware, a Linux SDK, a GitHub repository, and developer docs so makers can embed the Muse AI agent into custom hardware.
- According to Friedman, the devices are being offered free to Muse subscribers while supplies last, with shipments expected within a few weeks.
- Instead of deciding exactly what a Muse device should look like or do, the company is providing the underlying tools and letting developers decide what they can build with them.
- The company is encouraging makers to share their creations with its Muse Gadgets community, while warning that hardware experimentation can damage devices or void warranties.
- The initiative could give Muse a route out of phones and computers and into a much wider variety of physical devices, without Meta having to manufacture each one itself.
- Meta has nevertheless produced one piece of hardware to demonstrate the idea.