Muse Voice, Meta's feature that enables users to call and video chat with its consumer AI agent Muse, is now available to everyone in the U.S., the company announced Thursday. The video chatting feature, first unveiled at Meta's Connect developer conference in September, relies on new AI models—Muse Realtime Avatar and Muse Realtime Voice technology—that help power the digital avatar chatting with the user.

While rival AI offerings include voice chat, Meta's Muse features a cute, animated avatar nicknamed Jolly that users interact with while asking questions or requesting tasks be handled on their behalf. Users can also customize the avatar however they like, changing it to resemble a person, an animal, or another character. Meta believes anthropomorphizing Muse this way could make consumers feel more connected to their AI agent—a bond that could strengthen further once they begin live conversations with it. As the Muse avatar speaks, Meta says it will use "subtle expressions and gestures" that match the tone of the conversation.

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The rollout was announced via blog post and on X by Meta's chief AI officer, Alexandr Wang, who shared a demo of his Muse in action. In the video, Wang joked around, referencing his love of posting memes on X, which he told his Muse may have gotten him in trouble with his boss. His Muse, a fluffy white dog, responded by suggesting he add disclaimers to memes that could be misinterpreted as Meta endorsing anything risque. (Ha.)

The added support for video chats and calls arrives just before Meta's plan to launch a Tamagotchi-like wearable device for its Muse AI agent before year-end. When that device arrives, the digital avatar will appear on its small screen, letting users talk to the agent, which can then reply or carry out tasks for them. Meta says the real-time conversations are supported on mobile, web, and Mac and will later come to its AI Glasses and the upcoming "Muse Charm" hardware device.