Meta launches Muse AI agent app for Mac with file, calendar, and mail control
Meta has released a Mac app for its AI agent Muse, following the earlier launch on iOS, Android, and the web this month. On the Mac, Muse can interact with files, messages, calendar, notes, and mail within native applications, with opt-in access controls and approval prompts for sensitive actions.
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Meta’s new AI assistant app, Muse, is now available on Mac. On the Mac, Muse can interact with your files, messages, calendar, notes and mail, all within their native applications. The new app follows the launch of Muse on mobile and the web earlier this month, when it quickly rose to the top of the U.S. App Store charts. > muse for mac is HERE!! your agent can now get stuff done right on your computer — files, messages, calendar, notes, all of it. > > > you're in control of what it can access, and it always asks before doing anything sensitive. > > > Add it to the dock – https://t.co/bFHgBZlkLjpic.twitter.com/mecGVDzXiq > > — Alexandr Wang (@alexandr_wang) September 17, 2026 Just like on other platforms, you can control what Muse has access to on your Mac on an opt-in basis. In addition, the app will always ask for your approval before it performs sensitive actions, Meta says. The desktop app comes at a time of intensifying competition between consumer-facing AI agents, which many in
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