TechCrunch reports that on Friday Meta introduced Muse Gadgets, an open-source project that lets developers build their own hardware and connect it to Muse. Meta is providing open-source firmware, the low-level software that runs on a device, and a Linux software development kit, plus a few starting ideas: give Muse a color e-ink display, or load it onto a stick that plugs into a television’s HDMI port.

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The article says there do not appear to be many limits. A person can set up a low-cost Raspberry Pi or an off-the-shelf ESP32 board, then connect Muse to displays, buttons, sensors, actuators, and other things already on a workbench. That wording is Meta’s, quoted by TechCrunch. The company has also opened a Discord channel for these users. The article does not give wiring steps, a parts list, or a firmware address, and none of those are added here.

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Meta has used the code itself to build a device called Muse Home Link. Nat Friedman, head of product at Meta Superintelligence Labs, said on X that the USB-C-powered device lets Muse join a home network and talk to the smart devices on it, including speakers and smart televisions. The company made 5,000 of them. According to Friedman, they are being given away free to Muse subscribers while supplies last. He also said Home Link would be ready to ship in a few weeks.

TechCrunch notes that Friedman’s post received nearly 30,000 views in a few hours and guesses the free units have been claimed. That guess is the reporter’s, not a statement from Friedman that the stock is gone, so it is not treated as a fact here. The article does not give a subscription price, a shipping region, or the hardware specification of one Home Link. An earlier report phrases the giveaway and the risk warning differently. This piece uses only the TechCrunch account.

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  • Muse Gadgets, introduced Friday, is open source, with firmware and a Linux SDK. Examples include a color e-ink display and an HDMI stick.
  • Meta names the Raspberry Pi and ESP32, and connections to displays, buttons, sensors, and actuators. Wiring steps are not in the article.
  • Meta made 5,000 USB-C Home Link units. Friedman says they are free to subscribers while supplies last and will ship in a few weeks.