Meta also wants people to build their own Muse gadgets

The company has created its own smart home device, the Muse Home Link



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We still don’t know too much about Meta’s tamagotchi-like AI device, but the Muse charm won’t be the only dedicated hardware for the AI ​​agent. The company is now encouraging developers to come up with their own Muse-powered devices with a new open source project called Muse Gadgets. It also sets an example, kicking things off with its own smart home gadget called the Muse Home Link.

According to the head of product for Meta’s Superintelligence Laboratories Nat Friedman, Meta provides the open source firmware and a Linux SDK that enables people to bring the company’s agent to the hardware. Meta has made several suggestions as to what form these gadgets could take, including a dedicated E Ink display, an HDMI dongle for your TV, or a small touchscreen-enabled accessory that looks a bit like the Muse charm itself. It sounds like the platform should be pretty flexible, though, so tinkerers can hook up the agent to other types of devices as well. Meta has also started a dedicated Discord community for the project.

As for the Muse Home Link, it’s basically a dongle that gives Meta 5,000 to Muse subscribers. According to Friedman, it’s “a small 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 that exposes https.”

It’s unclear if Meta has bigger plans for the initiative, but seeing what hobbyists create could help inform the company’s own hardware efforts. CEO Mark Zuckerberg revealed the Muse charm at Connect last week, saying the device could be a good alternative for people who want to talk to their agent without wearing the company’s smart glasses.

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