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Meta made a Tamagotchi-like wearable for its Muse AI agent — TechCrunch
- Key
- ropek2026musecharm
- Authors
- Ropek, Lucas
- Issued
- 2026-9-23
- Type
- article-newspaper
- Container
- TechCrunch
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Claims
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Zuckerberg revealed the Charm as a "one more thing" moment at Connect; the avatar is known inside Meta as Jolly; the team still had to finalize the component layout, with shipping promised in time for the December holidays.
"Zuckerberg said his team had to “finalize laying out the components” and promised the devices would be “ready to ship in time for the holidays in December.”"
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Zuckerberg said the user taps the fingerprint sensor in the corner and can start talking without unlocking a phone or opening an app.
"You just go ahead and tap here in the fingerprint sensor in the corner, and you can start talking without having to unlock a phone or open an app."
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