Meta releases open-source Muse Gadgets SDK and free Muse Home Link for U.S. subscribers
Meta announced the open-source Muse Gadgets project, providing ESP32 firmware and Linux SDKs to enable developers to build hardware that connects its Muse AI agent to displays, sensors, and smart home devices. As part of the initiative, Meta is offering a free USB-C device called Muse Home Link to U.S. Muse subscribers, which allows the agent to control home network-connected devices like TVs…
What you can do with it
AI at Work →Automate home lighting with Muse Home Link
Plugs into your router to enable Wi-Fi access for Muse’s cloud-based AI to interact.
- Who for
- marketers
- Cost
- free
Use it for
- Automate home lighting
- Schedule TV content
- Trigger printer jobs
How to set it up · From the article
- Claim gadget at gadgets.muse.ai/home-link and log in with your Muse account
- Plug Home Link near your router and pair it via the Muse app
- Install community skills for your devices from Meta’s GitHub page
- Use the Muse app to issue voice or text commands to your gadgets
Watch out US-only, skills may break, not for safety-critical tasks
Not for everyone United States only
Key points from the news
- Meta open-sourced ESP32 firmware and Linux SDK for Muse Gadgets under Apache 2.0 license.
- Meta is giving away 5,000 free Muse Home Link USB-C devices to U.S. Muse subscribers while supplies last.
- Muse Home Link enables Muse AI to control smart home devices via Wi-Fi and local HTTP API.
While all sources agree on the core announcement, details vary: Engadget and Unite.ai cite Nat Friedman as head of product for Meta's superintelligence labs, while TechCrunch identifies him as head of product at Meta’s Superintelligence Labs. Only Madrobot.blog specifies the Muse Home Link’s physical dimensions (35 by 42 by 10 mm), ESP32-C5 chip with 8MB memory and storage, and Wi-Fi 6 dual-band support. Only TechCrunch mentions Meta’s parallel launches of Muse for Small Business and the Meta Enterprise Platform.
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
engadget.com · 2 October 2026
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Coverage and discussion
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- "Muse Gadgets" turns AI hardware into an open-source DIY projectPress · The Decoder ·
- Meta wants you to build your own Muse gadgetPress · TechCrunch AI ·
- Meta Open-Sources Muse Gadget SDKs for DIY AI Hardware DevicesPress · Unite.AI ·
- Meta open sources code to let you make Muse AI gadgetsPress · The Verge AI ·
- Meta is giving Muse subscribers a free gadget that lets its AI control your smart homePress · madrobot.blog ·
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