Meta Brings Personal AI Agent Muse to Japan
Meta arrives in Japan after Google, xAI, OpenAI and Anthropic have already put personal agents in front of users during 2026, and its local answer is three partnerships whose functions and start dates remain unannounced.
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Meta launched its personal AI agent Muse in Japan on Friday, October 23. The service books travel, sends email and carries out other tasks on the user's behalf, and runs on iOS, Android and web browsers, with many basic features free. Muse was available in North America in September 2026. Meta also plans tie-ups with Mercari, Money Forward ME and Ticket Pia, with the functions and start dates still to be announced.
Muse keeps working after the app is closed, and it asks the user to confirm before sending an email or buying a product. Meta showed a keychain-shaped companion device, Muse Charm, in September and aims to release it by the end of 2026. The agent remembers preferences and past conversations and builds its proposals around them. In Japan, Mercari, Money Forward ME and Ticket Pia are named as partners, with the functions and start dates still to be announced. Google released Gemini Spark in May, xAI opened a Grok Bot beta in August, OpenAI announced dots on September 29 and Anthropic announced Claude Duet on October 21.
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