Meta Lets Muse Users Request Early Access to Features Previewed at Connect

Meta is letting people ask Muse, its AI agent, for early access to upcoming features. The company opened requests on September 25, days after previewing video conversations, expanded computer tasks and glasses support at Connect. Users can now put themselves forward for a possible trial; the previewed capabilities have not been unlocked by the request.

The agent takes the request

Muse shared a link on X that places a ready-made request in a chat with the agent. Users can also type the message themselves. Muse logs their interest for its team, making the agent both the product people hope to test and the route into its early-access program.

Sending it does not guarantee immediate access to every upcoming feature. Someone interested in the video avatar, for example, is requesting a place in the program, not that particular capability. Which features an interested user might get to try first remains unclear.

Can you let the Muse team know I want to be part of the Muse early access program?

Muse prompt shared on X, as quoted by TechCrunch

From a video face to work across devices

Meta previewed a digital avatar for video conversations with Muse. It also described a broader role for the existing Muse Mac app: the agent would be able to use a person’s computer to complete tasks. One feature changes how users talk to Muse; the other extends what it can do after receiving an instruction.

Glasses offer another way to start a task. Meta says Muse is coming to its AI glasses in the coming months. A wearer would be able to call the agent by name and have it act on what they are looking at, such as a product on a shelf or a school-supply list. Meta also plans to give Muse its own email address as another way to communicate with it.

The planned connections give those requests more places to go. Meta named Walmart, Best Buy, Sephora and Wayfair among shopping partners, with Shop Pay and PayPal as payment options. Expedia is coming soon for travel planning; Meta also named Notion, GitHub and Box among work connectors. These additions would make Muse’s role different from a video conversation: carrying out a task can involve an outside service.

Who volunteers to test?

TechCrunch argues that asking people to opt in is likely to attract AI enthusiasts, not a random cross-section of users. People who already compare assistants may give Meta informed feedback on the previewed features. Their reactions, though, might not resemble those of someone trying Muse for the first time. That is a potential tradeoff of an open request process, not a measured profile of the people who have signed up.