On 2 October Meta published the code for building devices that talk to Muse, its personal AI agent. The project is called Muse Gadgets: the firmware and SDKs are open source, aimed at anyone who wants to give Muse a screen, buttons, sensors or other physical accessories without going through a Meta product.
The announcement is signed by Nat Friedman. For now it is aimed at developers and hobbyists, but it shows where Meta wants to take Muse: out of the app and into the objects around the home.
What Meta is making available
The code lives in the facebookincubator/muse-gadget-sdk GitHub repository, under the Apache 2.0 licence. There are two routes:
- ESP32 SDK: connects an ordinary ESP32 board to Muse. You can add a screen to display images, audio input and output, or other sensors.
- Linux SDK: turns a Raspberry Pi, or any Linux computer you have lying in a drawer, into a Muse gadget. It supports custom commands, and the examples include system administration and Home Assistant integration.
To get started you need an API token, available from the gadgets.muse.ai site. Meta says the repository also includes guidance designed for coding agents, so the idea is that you can build the gadget with the help of a code assistant. Projects already on show include builds with touchscreens, E Ink displays and small portable “companions”; one user turned an e-reader into an always-on Muse display.
Muse Home Link, the reference device
Meta has also built an object of its own: Muse Home Link, a small USB-C-powered device that connects Muse to the home network. From there the agent can talk to compatible appliances such as TVs and speakers.
There are 5,000 units. They are free to Muse subscribers while stocks last, and according to Unite.AI they are being shipped to US subscribers, one each, in order of request, with deliveries starting in October. Meta has not announced a retail price or an Italian launch.
The context: Muse is growing beyond gadgets
In the same days Meta unveiled Muse for Small Business, which is free with usage limits and can be linked to tools such as Shopify, Dropbox and Slack, and set up a new unit, Meta Enterprise Platform, to bring its AI to businesses and companies.
On availability, Meta’s support page states that Muse and its subscriptions are in limited testing and are not yet available in all areas. For those living in Italy or Switzerland, then, the project is for now one to follow rather than try: the code is public, but the agent it connects to may not be accessible from your account.
Who it’s for
The natural audience is makers who already use ESP32 and Raspberry Pi and have a smart home built around Home Assistant. Anyone looking for a product to buy and use straight away will find nothing: there are no devices on sale, and Home Link is a limited-run experiment.
What we think
A smart move, with an obvious limit. Opening up the code costs Meta little and brings it a community that builds the use cases for it: kitchen displays, physical buttons, remote controls for the home. It is the same logic that made DIY home-automation boards popular.
The limit is that the gadgets depend on a closed service. The firmware is open, but the intelligence stays on Meta’s servers and requires a Muse account. Anyone building something serious today ties themselves to a company that, on the other side, can change plans and limits, as Google is doing with Gemini.
For Meta the real test will be something else: finding out whether users want an AI agent scattered around the house, or prefer to keep it in their phone. Until Muse’s European debut, Italian readers can only watch, and perhaps experiment with the boards they already own.
Written by the SpazioiTech newsroom with the help of AI tools, from facts verified across at least two independent outlets, and checked before publication. Spotted a mistake? Tell us.
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