Meta announces Muse Gadgets, providing an open source ESP32 microchip firmware and a Linux SDK to let users bring Muse to their hardware, like Raspberry Pi 5

The company created its own smart home device, the Muse Home Link — We still don't know too much about Meta's tamagotchi-like AI device …

Engadget 2026-10-03 Karissa Bell

Context & Ripple Effects

Muse began as a US personal AI agent running in a dedicated Meta cloud VM, with planned support for Meta AI glasses. The initial Muse launch established the service layer before Meta started defining physical interfaces for it.

Meta then previewed the palm-sized Muse Charm device, while its earlier plan to open-source a version of Muse Spark signaled an interest in making parts of the stack available beyond Meta’s own products. Muse Gadgets extends that approach from a single device into firmware and SDKs for third-party hardware.

First-order effects

Developers can use Meta’s open-source ESP32 firmware and Linux SDK to connect compatible self-built hardware, including Raspberry Pi-class devices, to Muse.
Meta’s Muse Home Link gives the agent a dedicated bridge to home-networked devices such as TVs and speakers, adding a company-built reference point alongside community hardware.

Second-order effects

Muse’s hardware reach no longer depends solely on Meta shipping Charm or integrating the agent into its own glasses; builders can test displays, badges, and smart-home controls as alternative interfaces.
Hardware makers and DIY-device communities gain a route to differentiate products through Muse compatibility, while Meta gains more potential endpoints for its cloud-hosted agent.

Third-order effects

If third-party devices gain traction, Muse can become a hardware-agnostic agent layer: Meta supplies the cloud service and developer tooling while external builders supply specialized form factors.
The model shifts competition in AI hardware toward the quality of device integration and developer ecosystems, rather than ownership of a single flagship gadget.

The trend: Personal AI agents are expanding from standalone apps and proprietary devices into ambient, multi-device interfaces built through open hardware toolkits.

Discussion

@natfriedman Nat Friedman on x
We built a gadget of our own, too: Muse Home Link is a little usb-c powered device that allows Muse to connect to your home network to talk to smart home devices like TVs and speakers and anything else that exposes https. We manufactured a batch of 5000 Home Links which should be…
@viticci Federico Viticci on x
This was almost way too easy, @natfriedman @alexandr_wang 😮 I turned my Xteink eReader into an always-on Muse pocket display for Calliope (my Muse) to display itself and show status updates. And this attaches with MagSafe to my phone, so I can always see relevant updates from Mus…
@natfriedman Nat Friedman on x
🚨 side project alert 🚨 Announcing Muse Gadgets, an open source ESP32 firmware and Linux sdk so that you can make hardware devices that work with Muse. Grab an API token from https://gadgets.muse.ai/ and point your favorite coding agent at the github repo to build your own periphe…
@wesbos Wes Bos on x
Muse gadgets running on a conference badge @alexandr_wang Ported to micropython to run on the RP2350
@dps David Singleton on x
My personal favorite Muse gadget hack so far - an ambient eInk display that sits above my keyboard where my @Muse pushes useful, fun or interesting content throughout the day.
@jesikmin Jesik Min on x
Muse Gadgets are here. You can have a little Jolly everywhere. My first one sits by the wine rack. Snap the label, Muse reads the producer and vintage, and the bottle shows up in our personal cellar over Tailscale (Muse has a Tailscale connector support!). It's a ~$50 sensecap wa…
@alexandr_wang Alexandr Wang on x
🚨 MUSE ECOSYSTEM ALERT 🚨 today we are announcing Muse Gadgets! this is an open-source ESP32 firmware and Linux SDK for anyone to make hardware that works with Muse we are also releasing our own gadget—Muse Home Link—to enable your muse to work with your smart devices (TV, speaker…
@symonebeez Symoné B. Beez on x
Meta is completely transforming their business.
@anantn Anant Narayanan on x
Check out what we've been tinkering with at the Muse Gadget Factory! I hope you'll have a ton of fun making your own.
@muse @muse on x
Calling all builders, makers, and weekend DIY-ers: Muse Gadgets are here and ready for tinkering.
@benjaminsehl Ben Sehl on x
If you build things just because it's fun, and if the things you build are fun, then you've already won. Meta is on fire.
@dwr Dan Romero on x
This is neat.
@steveruizok Steve Ruiz on x
Welcome @natfriedman https://x.com/...
@jaredpalmer Jared Palmer on x
@natfriedman this is epic
@phequals7 @phequals7 on x
ngl extremely jealous how good meta is playing this game they have the model they have the compute now they have the mandate of heaven as well..
@altryne Alex Volkov on x
If you use Muse and want to plug it into your house, you can claim (for free) one these devices while supplies last!
@andrey__hq Andrey on x
something we wanted to do was to make Muse in an alexa style product at home, and i even bathc ordered some fur might make an extension of this to literally have Muse at home in the form of the mascot itself :)
@rrhoover Ryan Hoover on x
Love. Makes me want to build something physical.
@bubbleboi Bubble Boi on x
This was sorta hinted at in their system prompt it mentioned hooking up to smart cameras. lol pretty cool though.
@wesbos Wes Bos on x
Genius move
@ylecun Yann LeCun on x
@alexandr_wang So cool !
@alexandr_wang Alexandr Wang on x
the muse home link is *very* chic. we made a batch of 5,000 of them, should be ready to ship in a few weeks, and are free for muse subscribers while supplies last! check out https://gadgets.muse.ai/ to learn more and start building!
@alexandr_wang Alexandr Wang on x
you may ask, why open-source this? first of all, building gadgets is fun. second, we want to unleash builders to explore all sorts of new and crazy ideas. we believe muse presents a special moment to imagine new kinds of gadgets, and we are excited to see what y'all build!
@alexandr_wang Alexandr Wang on x
“JARVIS, deploy the muse gadgets”
@rauchg Guillermo Rauch on x
Amazing. Love to see the https://muse. ai team ship so fast ▲
@viticci Federico Viticci on x
ok this is extremely cool and I already have an idea for an e-ink device I have 👀 “It's built by hackers, for hackers, just for fun.”
@rileybrown Riley Brown on x
YESSSSSS
@mignano Michael Mignano on x
@natfriedman Smart as hell
@bubbleboi Bubble Boi on x
This is going to be reaaaally big. Hooking up Muse to IoT devices is bringing AI to the physical world. Imagine Muse watering your plants on its own, checking if you're out of toilet paper and just ordering it automatically. We don't even know what's possible with this yet ... it…
@richlightshed @richlightshed on x
Transforming @Muse into an OS Zuck's dream $META
@dps David Singleton on x
Excited to open source the Muse Gadgets SDK today! You can connect your DIY electronics like ESP32 boards and Raspberry Pi to Muse. Build an e-ink morning briefing, a push-to-talk pocket device, a sysadmin for your homelab, and much more. Details at https://gadgets.muse.ai/
@kosso.co.uk @kosso.co.uk on bluesky
The Internet of Agents of Things? Connected to Meta? No thanks.
r/MetaAI r on reddit
Meta is giving away FREE Muse gadgets to the first 5k people only. HURRY!
r/MuseAgent r on reddit
Introducing Muse Gadgets: Open source hardware for your Muse
r/selfhosted r on reddit
Please explain to me why we would allow this?

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