Meta opens Muse video calls with AI avatars to all US users
Calls and video chats with Muse now run on mobile, web and Mac, with AI Glasses and a Tamagotchi-style wearable to follow.
Meta has opened its Muse Voice feature to all U.S. users, letting them place calls and hold video chats with its consumer AI agent, Muse. The capability relies on two newly built models, Muse Realtime Avatar and Muse Realtime Voice, which drive an animated avatar nicknamed Jolly that responds with expressions and gestures suited to the conversation. Users can also swap the avatar for a human-like figure, an animal, or another character, a design Meta believes will make people feel closer to the assistant. Real-time conversations work on mobile, web and Mac now, with support for AI Glasses and the forthcoming Muse Charm device to follow. The rollout arrives ahead of a planned Tamagotchi-style wearable for Muse, due before the end of the year, whose small screen will display the avatar.
Why it matters
The change moves Muse from a text assistant toward a face-to-face one, with an avatar users can reshape into a person, animal or character. Meta says this is meant to make people feel closer to the assistant, and the planned wearable would put that avatar on a small screen away from the phone. Whether closer feeling translates into lasting use is not something the launch itself shows.
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