Meta's Muse AI Now on iPad: Your Personal Assistant Everywhere

Meta's new AI assistant, Muse, is now available on iPad, just one month after it launched on iPhone. This is a big deal because it took Instagram 15 years to get its own iPad app. Muse is an AI agent, which means it can actually do things for you—like check your email, schedule meetings, pay bills, book restaurant reservations, order groceries, and even make purchases. Since its launch on September 8, Muse has been installed over 6.6 million times. To make all this work, Meta partners with many apps and services, called 'connectors.' You can pick and choose which ones to connect, depending on what you're comfortable with. For example, you can link your Asana, Canva, Dropbox, Figma, QuickBooks, GitHub, Zoom, Notion, and Granola accounts. Meta also added retail partners like Best Buy, Gap, Sephora, Walmart, and Wayfair, so Muse can shop on those sites for you.

So why should you care? Imagine having a personal assistant that can handle your boring chores. You could save hours each week by letting Muse manage your schedule, order essentials, or book appointments. It's like having a super-efficient helper in your pocket—or on your iPad. But there's a catch: because this technology is new, some websites mistake AI agents for bots and block them. That means Muse might not always be able to complete a task. Meta is working with other companies to create a standard so AI agents can identify themselves, which should help businesses tell the difference between helpful bots and harmful ones. For now, Muse is a powerful tool that could make your life easier, but it's not perfect yet. If you're curious, you can try it on your iPhone or iPad and see how it fits into your daily routine.