Key facts
- Meta's AI assistant app, Muse, is now available on Mac.
- On Mac, Muse can interact with files, messages, calendar, and mail.
- Users control Muse's access to their Mac data on an opt-in basis.
- Muse will ask for approval before performing sensitive actions.
- The app follows Muse's launch on mobile and web earlier this month.
Meta's AI assistant app, Muse, is now available on Mac, enabling it to interact with users' files, messages, calendar, and mail within their native applications. This expansion follows the app's recent launch on mobile and the web, where it quickly achieved a top ranking on the U.S. App Store charts.
On the Mac, users can control Muse's access to their data on an opt-in basis, and the app is designed to request approval before executing sensitive actions. The release comes amid heightened competition in the consumer-facing AI agent market, a sector many believe represents the future of computing and could disrupt various industries, including app development, software-as-a-service, and potentially hardware.
Major technology players are actively developing their own agentic AI offerings. Other AI assistants have gained traction through text-based interactions, with notable examples like Poke, which was acquired by Cognition in July, and Instinct, reportedly seeking further funding at a $10 billion valuation. The current focus for companies like Muse and Instinct is on rapidly capturing consumer market share, leading to swift feature rollouts, such as the voice calling capability introduced by both this week.