Meta unveils Muse Charm AI pendant, and a reporter builds one on a dev board
What happened
Meta has unveiled its Muse Charm AI pendant, but it is not yet on sale. On 1 November 2026, a Verge editor reported building a device akin to the unreleased Muse Charm using a $50 Waveshare ESP32-S3 1.75C development board and Claude Code, getting a similar product out before Meta. So far the story is limited to this report, with no further details.
Written by AI from the reports · updated 3 h ago
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- The Verge · AII built an AI Tamagotchi before Meta could
Mark Zuckerberg's Meta made AI look so stinking cute by giving it a squishy little face - and this holiday season, he wants to sell you a Muse Charm so you can carry your jolly AI helper around like a Tamagotchi. But I won't be buying one, because we have Muse Charm at home.
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