Meta open-sources Muse Gadgets so developers can build their own hardware
Meta has open-sourced Muse Gadgets, a project that lets developers build their own hardware peripherals for the Muse AI agent. It also revealed an official Muse Home Link hub that connects Muse to smart-home devices.
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Developers can run Muse firmware on ESP32 development boards or use the Linux SDK for more complex devices
Registration via gadgets.muse.ai; code generation with AI coding agents like Claude Code or Cursor
Example form factors: color e-ink dashboard displays, HDMI display sticks, and touch-enabled palm pendants
One developer converted an e-ink reader into an always-on Muse display attached to a phone via MagSafe
USB-C-powered unit that connects Muse to a home network and smart-home devices — TVs, speakers, anything with an HTTPS interface
First batch trial-produced at 5,000 units, shipping expected within weeks
Will be given away free to eligible Muse subscribers while stocks last
Alexandr Wang: Meta wants to "unleash developers' creativity" and let people explore "all sorts of brand-new and even mad ideas"
Signal of strategy: Muse as an extensible platform, not just a single product — Meta builds the agent, developers build the carriers
Follows the industry's pivot from failed standalone AI hardware (AI Pin, Rabbit R1) toward powerful agents that live in many devices