Meta launches AI gadget Charm as race for post-smartphone hardware heats up
The keychain-sized gadget runs Meta’s Muse assistant and uses a fingerprint sensor for phone-free access, with only a few units made so far.
- On Wednesday, Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg unveiled Muse Charm, a pocket-sized keychain device that delivers the full Muse AI experience, during the company's annual Connect conference.
- Muse reached the App Store's number one spot within days of launch, accumulating nearly 600,000 downloads in five days and establishing itself as the centerpiece of Meta's AI strategy.
- The device features a roughly 5-cm OLED touchscreen with a customizable Muse avatar and includes a built-in 5G modem, allowing users to tap a fingerprint sensor to access the AI without unlocking a phone.
- Privacy concerns emerged after reports indicated Muse accessed notification previews without explicit authorization; Meta issued patches and clarified that data syncing requires user opt-in permission.
- Meta's hardware strategy now spans $1,299 VR glasses launching spring 2027, $349 camera-free Ray-Ban Meta Audio glasses arriving October 13, and the Muse Charm shipping by December.
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At the in-house Meta-Developer Conference Connect, Mark Zuckerberg presented a mini-device that allows Metas AI agent Muse to be used without a smartphone. The optics are reminiscent of a Tamagotchi. On the net, however, the built-in cameras and far-reaching data access arouse concern about privacy.
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Meta Muse Charm is a standalone AI device coming later this year
Right after unveiling the new camera-less Ray-Ban Meta Audio and Meta VR glasses, Mark Zuckerberg went to a “one-more thing” device – the Meta Muse Charm. As the name implies, this is a standalone keychain-like/Tamagotchi type device that allows users to interact with Meta’s Muse AI. Meta Muse Charm From the sound of it, the device is in its late development phase, but Zuckerberg did confirm that it should ship in time for the holidays in Decem…
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Meta Unveils New AI Wearable as Zuckerberg Pushes Beyond Smartphones
Meta has introduced a new AI-powered wearable device called Charm as CEO Mark Zuckerberg expands the company's ambitions in consumer artificial intelligence. The launch also ... The post Meta Unveils New AI Wearable as Zuckerberg Pushes Beyond Smartphones first appeared on [your]NEWS.
The Facebook group Meta wants to establish a device in the size of a key chain for access to its AI software. It is called Muse Charm and is to be launched by the end of the year, as Group CEO Mark Zuckerberg announced at the Meta Connect developer conference. The device gets a small display – as well as according to information from the German press agency also microphone, two cameras and Internet connection via 5G data radio.
The CEO of Meta announced a new generation of devices that integrate artificial intelligence, including cameraless Ray-Ban lenses, a virtual reality viewer of just 100 grams and new features for Muse, his personal AI agent.
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