Meta Opens Early Access Requests for Muse AI App Features After Connect 2026 Announcement
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Meta announced early access requests for new features in its Muse AI app following Connect 2026, including a video-chat avatar, expanded shopping integrations, and enhanced Mac app capabilities, targeting AI enthusiasts to gain competitive feedback.
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Why It Matters
Meta announced new features for its Muse AI app at the Connect 2026 developer conference, including a digital avatar for video chat, expanded shopping partnerships, and enhanced Mac app functionality.
After announcing a host of new features for Meta’s Muse AI app at its Connect 2026 developer conference this week, the company is opening up requests for early access. Meta shared on Friday that you can now ask Muse to put you on the list to try out its latest capabilities before anyone else.
Meta posted a link to a prompt on X that, when shared with Muse, will log that you’re interested in joining Meta’s early access program.
(If you don’t want to click through, you can just copy and paste the prompt: “Can you let the Muse team know I want to be part of the Muse early access program?”)
While typically companies offer pilot tests or betas with select users, they often A/B test with a randomized group to gain feedback and measure results. In this case, however, Meta is looking for AI enthusiasts to try its features first. That tactic could help it stay ahead of the competition, given that this crowd tends to use multiple AI apps and agents and has a good understanding of the market.
As to what new features will be? Meta teased many of those at Connect, including the launch of a digital avatar for Muse that you’ll be able to video chat with, tons more shopping partnerships and connectors, and an expansion of the Muse Mac app, which will soon be able to use your computer to complete various tasks.
What to Watch
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Meta will grant early access to a select group of users who submit the prompt via Muse
Likely · Within weeks
Open Questions
- When will the early access program begin?
- How many users will be selected for early access?
- What specific shopping partners are involved in the expansion?







