Meta has brought its AI agent Muse to the wrist: the app has appeared on Apple Watch through an update to the iOS version of Muse, while a separate program has been released for Wear OS smartwatches. On 9 November 2026, the company announced that the agent can now be summoned directly from the watch: by voice call, text message or dictation.
The iPhone version requires iOS 18 or later, the Apple Watch version requires watchOS 9 and above, and the Android app runs on Android 10 and later. The minimum requirements for the Wear OS version itself are stated less definitively in the publications, so it is best to rely on the data in the app store. The computing still happens on the phone: the watch works as a remote control through which you can send a request, follow the progress of tasks and confirm an action. On Apple Watch, a complication has been added — an icon on the watch face that opens the agent with a single tap. The signature Muse character, meanwhile, takes up most of the screen.
Muse is not a chatbot in the usual sense, but an agent that carries out errands. It connects to email, calendar and other services, can book a table, order groceries, keep track of bills and remind you of goals. Before sending a message or making a payment, the agent asks for confirmation — an important safeguard when money is involved. The avatar can be customised as a person, an animal or any character. For now the service is available in a limited number of countries — the US, Canada, Japan and Singapore — and only to users over 18 years of age.
The watch is not Muse's first step across the Apple ecosystem. The agent launched on 8 September 2026 in the US and quickly rose to the top of the free App Store apps; the Mac version came out on 17 September, and in October an iPad app appeared. Now its turn has come to the wrist. According to estimates by the analytics company Sensor Tower, Muse racked up 10 million downloads in the US in roughly 40 days — this is a third-party estimate, not official Meta statistics. It is important to understand: the watch expands the ways of accessing the agent, but does not add new capabilities to it or make it autonomous.
The main limitation remains the same: without a smartphone, tasks cannot be performed on the watch. There is as yet no data on battery life or the exact system requirements of the Wear OS version, and the complication that exists on Apple Watch has not been confirmed for Wear OS.
In the AI agent market, Muse competes with Siri and Apple Intelligence on Apple watches and with Google Assistant on Wear OS. The difference in approach is this: Siri and Assistant are more deeply integrated into the watch system and do not require a separate app, whereas Muse takes on multi-step tasks — bookings, bills, purchases. The price of this is connecting accounts and being tied to supported regions.
For owners of compatible watches, Muse offers a quick way to talk to the agent without taking out the phone. If you need to dictate an errand or reply to a message, the watch is enough. For complex tasks you will still need a smartphone, and availability is limited by geography.
