Meta’s Muse hits Mac, letting the AI take actions on your computer
Meta’s new AI assistant app, Muse, is now available on Mac. On the Mac, Muse can interact with your files, messages, calendar, notes and mail, all within their native applications. The new app follows the launch of Muse on mobile and the web earlier this month, when it quickly rose to the top of the U.S.
- ▪Meta’s new AI assistant app, Muse, is now available on Mac.
- ▪On the Mac, Muse can interact with your files, messages, calendar, notes and mail, all within their native applications.
- ▪The new app follows the launch of Muse on mobile and the web earlier this month, when it quickly rose to the top of the U.S.
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Meta’s new AI assistant app, Muse, is now available on Mac. On the Mac, Muse can interact with your files, messages, calendar, notes and mail, all within their native applications. The new app follows the launch of Muse on mobile and the web earlier this month, when it quickly rose to the top of the U.S. App Store charts. muse for mac is HERE!! your agent can now get stuff done right on your computer — files, messages, calendar, notes, all of it.you're in control of what it can access, and it always asks before doing anything sensitive.Add it to the dock – https://t.co/bFHgBZlkLj pic.twitter.com/mecGVDzXiq— Alexandr Wang (@alexandr_wang) September 17, 2026 Just like on other platforms, you can control what Muse has access to on your Mac on an opt-in basis.
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