Meta says Muse Voice, a feature that lets users call and video chat with its consumer AI agent Muse, is now available to everyone in the U.S. The company announced the rollout on Thursday.
The feature was first introduced at Meta's Connect developer conference in September. It relies on two new AI models, Muse Realtime Avatar and Muse Realtime Voice, which power the digital avatar that talks with the user.
Muse appears as an animated avatar nicknamed Jolly. Users can ask questions or request tasks, and they can change the avatar to look more like a person, an animal, or another character. Meta says this could make users feel more connected to the agent. The avatar uses "subtle expressions and gestures" that match the conversation's tone. According to the report, Muse does not actually see the user. It hears them and reacts to what they say.
Alexandr Wang, Meta's chief AI officer, announced the rollout in a blog post and on X. He shared a demo of his own Muse, a fluffy white dog, which suggested he add disclaimers to memes that could be misread as Meta endorsing something risqué.
Meta says real-time conversations are supported on mobile, web, and Mac. The company plans to bring them later to its AI Gl