Meta opens Muse gadget code for DIY displays and Raspberry Pi projects

Meta is opening another route into its Muse AI agent: hardware that users assemble themselves. The company has open sourced code for Muse gadgets, with projects based on ESP32 boards or a Raspberry Pi, according to Jay Peters' report in The Verge.

The suggested projects put Muse on displays and connect it to physical controls. Meta is also offering a separate gadget, Muse Home Link, to connect the agent with household functions through community-built skills. Those two announcements share an agent, but they describe different ways to get the hardware.

Build a display around the agent

Meta's examples include a color E Ink display for reminders, an HDMI stick for putting Muse on a larger screen, and a small touchscreen device. Its description names displays, buttons, sensors and actuators as components that developers can connect using its SDKs.

The maker route uses off-the-shelf hardware. It gives developers a starting point for an interface shaped around a particular room or task, rather than requiring Meta's own finished device. The announcement does not establish that every board, peripheral or household setup will work with the code. Meta includes a proceed-at-your-own-risk warning.

One touchscreen example resembles a homemade Muse Charm. Meta's earlier Muse device announcements included a keychain-sized Charm, intended to make the agent reachable without opening a phone app. The new DIY route gives makers another way to experiment with that physical access point; it does not establish that a homemade device matches the forthcoming product's capabilities.

Home Link is a separate giveaway

Muse Home Link is a gadget Meta manufactured itself. The Verge reports that Meta Superintelligence Labs' Nat Friedman said the company made 5,000 units. Readers can join a waitlist, with shipping expected during October. A waitlist place should not be read as a guaranteed delivery date.

Meta describes community-built skills that can switch on a light, control a television or send a document to a printer. The company qualifies those examples by the user's setup. That qualification is important for someone considering the gadget: the announcement describes possible functions, rather than a universal list of compatible devices.

The distinction also prevents a misleading reading of the giveaway. Home Link is the manufactured device in this report. The open source gadget projects are devices that users build, program and connect themselves.

Physical controls make permissions more consequential

A reminder display mainly presents information. A sensor or actuator can let an agent interact with its surroundings. Someone evaluating a project should decide which actions it can perform and how to interrupt them before connecting it to equipment they depend on. That is a practical recommendation, not a claim that Franklin has tested Meta's software or inspected its security controls.

For a first project, separate the display test from the action test. Check whether a reminder appears on the intended screen before adding a light or printer. For a shared room, consider who can issue a command and who sees the information displayed. The report does not establish an approval mechanism or an access-control model for a homemade installation, so those questions need answers in the actual SDK and device setup rather than assumptions based on the examples.

The announcement supplies concrete hardware examples and a small manufactured run. It leaves room for makers to experiment, while giving no basis yet for claims about long-term reliability, universal home compatibility or the safety of an unattended installation.