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Meta Connect 2026: Anticipation to Keynote

Community anticipation built around new models and a Business Agent platform before Meta Connect 2026 opened on Sept 24, with Muse at the center of the keynote.

2026-09-24 ~ 2026-09-24 · 2 episodes · 13 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 2026 Opens with Muse at the Center of Everything (2026-09-24, 10 posts)

Meta Connect 2026 took place on September 23–24, with the opening keynote livestreamed at 4 PM Pacific on September 24. Zuckerberg opened by stressing that Meta's path is about "distributing intelligence" rather than concentrating it in the hands of a few; just 17 minutes later, he unveiled the previously predicted Muse-related products. Across multiple on-site reports, Muse has become the centerpiece of this year's conference and of Meta's AI strategy, making Meta's all-in bet on AI hardware worth watching.

Confirmed

  • Dates and livestream: Meta Connect 2026 ran September 23–24, with the keynote livestream starting at 4 PM Pacific (Scobleizer, Meta's official accounts).
  • Opening philosophy: Zuckerberg emphasized "distributing intelligence" in the keynote, opposing the concentration of intelligence among a few (kimmonismus).
  • Muse as the core: kimmonismus noted in live updates that the heart of the announcements was "Muse," with Zuckerberg calling it "the center of what we are building"; testingcatalog's on-site coverage also reported Muse has become the core product of Meta's AI strategy.
  • Zuckerberg quote: "Soon, everyone will have a superintelligent AI assistant" (relayed via testingcatalog's on-site coverage).
  • Muse wearables delivered as predicted: Scobleizer had predicted new Muse-powered wearables before the event and later said Zuckerberg delivered on that prediction in just 17 minutes.
  • Follow-up posts revealed the project/device is named "jolly" (kimmonismus).
  • Zuckerberg himself posted a thread summarizing all of the day's announcements, which armandruiz compiled and reshared as the roundup entry point.

Not Yet Confirmed

  • Details on the new VR glasses, including form factor and specs: kimmonismus said they were deeply impressed by the new VR glasses and look forward to hands-on testing, but the post gave no specific specs.
  • The exact relationship between "jolly" and Muse awaits confirmation from more first-hand sources.

Why It Matters

  • With Zuckerberg framing Muse as the center of Meta's product landscape, Meta's consumer AI strategy may be shifting from chat assistants toward a Muse-centered, integrated hardware-software play.
  • With a large crowd of VR/AR practitioners on site and the community's sky-high expectations for Muse wearables, Meta's first-mover investment in AI hardware ("going all-in, seizing the first-mover advantage," per kimmonismus) could shape the industry's pace.