Meta is rolling out real-time voice conversations and expressive avatars in its Muse AI assistant app, the company announced on November 5, 2026. The features, previewed at Connect 2026, are available in the Muse app on mobile, web and Mac, starting in the US.
Users start a conversation by tapping a phone icon in the top-right corner of the app. Meta says Muse can carry on working on tasks in the background while the user talks, and that users can interrupt it mid-response. The company is offering what it calls hundreds of voices in different styles, which can be changed at any time.
The avatar reacts while listening and speaking, using expressions and gestures matched to the tone of the conversation. Users can choose how present it is: voice only, an avatar alongside the conversation, or full screen. Meta's suggested uses include brainstorming, trip planning and rehearsing interviews, presentations or pitches.
Meta attributes the features to two in-house systems it calls Muse Realtime Avatar and Muse Realtime Voice, but the announcement does not disclose model sizes, architectures or latency figures. The company says voice conversations are coming to its AI Glasses and Muse Charm devices, without giving a date.
The launch adds Meta to the group of consumer assistants offering full-duplex voice with interruption, and pairs it with a visual avatar layer that most competitors do not ship. There is no developer API mentioned in the announcement.