Meta AI launches Muse personal AI agent with iPhone and Mac apps
Meta AI introduced Muse, a personal AI agent available as a free iPhone app and a Mac app that can be downloaded from the App Store or accessed via muse.ai. The agent mimics a chat interface, lets users rename it and choose an avatar, and is positioned alongside other personified agents such as Grok Bot. Muse operates under weekly usage limits for free users, while a paid tier removes those caps.
What you can do with it
AI at Work →A chat‑based personal AI agent that performs tasks on iPhone and Mac.
- Who for
- founders and operations
- Cost
- free tier
- Effort
- minutes
Use it for
- draft emails
- summarize documents
- schedule calendar events
Watch out Weekly usage limits apply and the app is currently only available in the US.
Key points from the news
- Muse is a free‑to‑use personal AI agent on iPhone, with weekly usage limits; paid tier lifts limits.
- Users can customize Muse’s name and avatar; the app is currently US‑only and a Mac version is also available.
- Muse joins a wave of personified agents such as Grok Bot, Siri AI, and offerings from OpenAI, Anthropic and SpaceXAI.
The service is currently limited to the United States, with broader rollout planned later. A desktop‑class Mac version was added nine days after the initial iPhone release. Meta notes that Muse arrives the same month Apple announced Siri AI, and it joins a growing field of agentic systems from OpenAI, Anthropic and SpaceXAI that aim to handle a range of tasks for consumers and professionals.
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Meta AI launches Muse personal agent, including apps for iPhone and Mac
9to5mac.com · 17 September 2026
Update: Nine days later, Muse now includes a Mac app. You can download it here.
Meta AI just launched a brand-new iPhone app called Muse from Meta. Similar to Grok Bot in presentation, Muse is a personal AI agent that handles tasks for you.
It follows the recent trend of AI companies creating personified characters to make AI agents more relatable and friendly, mimicking chat interfaces.
Muse is also available on the Mac through the web at muse.ai. The system lets you customize the agent name and avatar to personalize the experience.
Unlike other systems, Muse is free upfront with weekly limitations. Paying customers can unlock higher access.
You can learn more about the new Muse agent design here and security here. Muse is available for iPhone through the App Store.
The app is only available in the US for now, with more countries being added over time.
Last month, Meta AI also launched a more capable desktop app on the Mac.
Muse arrives the same month as Siri AI, which seems Apple upgrade its voice assistant for the chatbot era. While Siri AI is capable of taking some actions, it’s not a full blown agentic system yet like we’re seeing from OpenAI, Anthropic, SpaceXAI, and Meta AI.
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