Meta launches Muse Gadgets: open-source SDK for building hardware around its Muse agent

What's new? On 2 October 2026, Meta announced Muse Gadgets, an open-source ESP32 firmware and Linux SDK that lets anyone build hardware devices that work with Muse, its personal AI agent. The launch was announced as a "side project" by Nat Friedman, head of product at Meta Superintelligence Labs, and amplified by Meta's Chief AI Officer Alexandr WangDealroom has a profile for this one. Try Dealroom → as a "Muse ecosystem" moment. The code is published on GitHub under the Apache 2.0 licence; developers grab an SDK token from gadgets.muse.ai and can point a coding agent at the repository to build their own peripherals.

• Two SDKs: an ESP32 device SDK for microcontroller boards (screens, audio in and out, sensors) and a Linux device SDK that turns a Raspberry Pi or spare Linux box into a Muse gadget, for example to run sysadmin chores or a Home Assistant setup.
• Reference builds: Meta lists ready-made configurations for off-the-shelf devices, including a Waveshare round AMOLED touch screen, a Seeed colour e-ink display for morning briefings and shopping lists, the M5Stack StickS3, the AiPi Lite desk buddy, the Home Assistant Voice Preview Edition and the Raspberry Pi 5. An HDMI stick to put Muse on a TV is listed as coming soon.
• Muse Home Link: Meta's own first gadget, a small USB-C powered device that connects Muse to the home network so it can control TVs, speakers and anything else exposing HTTPS. Meta manufactured a first batch of 5,000 units, due to ship within weeks and free for Muse subscribers while supplies last; its code is open source too, with community skills for Philips Hue, Sonos, Apple TV, Google Nest and Samsung TVs.
• Why open source: Wang said building gadgets is fun and that Meta wants to "unleash builders" to explore new kinds of devices, arguing that Muse presents a special moment to imagine new hardware form factors. A community Discord has been set up for builders.

Why it matters: The launch extends Muse beyond phones and Meta's smart glasses into a developer-driven hardware ecosystem, a week after Mark Zuckerberg unveiled the Muse Charm, a Tamagotchi-like companion device, at Meta Connect in September 2026. Opening the firmware lets hobbyists prototype form factors Meta has not built itself, which could also inform the company's own hardware roadmap as it competes with other personal-agent efforts.

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