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Meta Connect 2026: Muse Takes Center Stage

Days before Meta Connect, leaks pointed to new models and a Business Agent platform. Zuckerberg then launched 8 products, with personal agent Muse at the core.

2026-09-24 ~ 2026-09-24 · 2 episodes · 22 posts

Episode 1 · Meta Connect Leak: New Models and Business Agent Platform Incoming (2026-09-24, 3 posts)

Ahead of Meta Connect 2026, leaks point to a new 'Watermelon' model, Muse series, and eyewear updates, plus a Meta Business Agent Platform that turns message threads into automated growth engines.

Episode 2 · Meta Connect Unveils 8 Launches: Muse Takes Center Stage, Glasses Get FDA Hearing-Aid Clearance (2026-09-24, 19 posts)

Meta held its annual Connect conference on Sept 23-24, where Zuckerberg announced 8 new products and features centered on the personal agent Muse. According to testingcatalog's on-site reporting, Muse has become the core of Meta's AI strategy, quoting Zuckerberg's claim that "soon everyone will have a superintelligent AI assistant"; in his opening, Zuckerberg also stressed Meta's path of distributing intelligence to everyone rather than concentrating it in a few hands. Together, the event marks Meta's shift from conversational AI to task-executing agents and pushes AI hardware into medical-grade territory.

Confirmed

  • Muse gained multiple capabilities: voice conversations and live video, with users able to talk at length while it executes tasks in the background; a computer use feature to complete tasks on your computer; and an upcoming Muse email address that can be CC'd into threads to delegate tasks across desktop, mobile, and glasses. Per altryne's recap, Muse topped App Store downloads, can control a Mac, and features a conversational avatar with custom voice.
  • Muse is coming to Meta smart glasses for all-day hands-free voice interaction.
  • Meta smart glasses received FDA clearance to function as hearing aids, meeting medical-grade standards for mild-to-moderate hearing loss at a fraction of traditional hearing aid prices.
  • The launches span the Muse agent, AI glasses, VR headsets, and wearables; altryne's recap mentioned $1299 VR glasses. Zuckerberg and Alexandr Wang presented Muse's new features together.
  • armandruiz compiled Zuckerberg's full announcement thread as a summary entry point; kimmonismus ran a live update thread tracking the event.

Why it matters

  • FDA hearing-aid clearance marks a landmark step of consumer wearables extending into medical devices; altryne argued it's a major win for people who dislike the look of traditional hearing aids—one pair of glasses delivers hearing support, Muse, and AI capabilities.
  • Muse's computer use and email delegation signal Meta pushing AI from a chat tool toward agents that execute tasks on users' behalf, and its App Store No.1 ranking shows rapid consumer adoption.
  • kimmonismus, attending in person, said the new VR glasses left a deep impression and that Meta is going all-in on AI hardware for first-mover advantage; Robert Scoble predicted Muse-powered wearables before the event, and Zuckerberg delivered within 17 minutes.