{
  "id": 18394684,
  "title": "Metas AI agent Muse adds voice support, expressive avatars",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/05/metas-ai-agent-muse-adds-voice-support-expressive-avatars",
  "topic": "ai",
  "section": "AI",
  "published": "2026-11-05T22:39:06.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Mashable",
    "slug": "mashable",
    "url": "https://mashable.com/tech/meta-muse-voice-mode"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "Meta's new AI agent Muse has quickly gained popularity, reaching over five million downloads since its September launch. The company has announced voice support and expressive avatars for the app, allowing users to interact with Muse in a more natural way.\n\nIn addition to voice support, Muse now offers expressive avatars, with users able to customize the voice through a selection of hundreds of options. Users can choose from various voices to match their mood, whether they prefer a New Yorker energy, pirate flair, or something else entirely.\n\nMeta founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg teased the new update on X, though the tweet is currently unavailable. The company outlined potential use cases for Muse, such as rehearsing job interviews, running through presentations, or discussing pitches, making the experience feel more like a real conversation.\n\nThe AI industry has recently learned that anthropomorphizing AI with cute little mascots can make it seem less intimidating. Muse's expressive avatars match facial expressions to the user's speech, adding to the user experience.\n\nWhile voice mode can sometimes go sideways, as seen with OpenAI's ChatGPT, Meta's latest AI models have caught up to the frontier, thanks to the company's ongoing AI spending spree. U.S. users can experiment with Muse's voices and expressive avatars starting today.",
  "summary": "Meta announced that its popular AI agent Muse now offers voice support.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
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  "coverage": {
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}