Muse AI now available on Apple Watch, but don't bother with it

Meta's AI agent has made its way to the Apple Watch, but all potential benefits are outweighed by the inherent risk associated with the tool, not to mention the privacy implications.

Following its expansion to the iPad in October 2026, Meta's Muse has received an Apple Watch companion app. The change was disclosed via the App Store page for Muse, which details the changes in version 15.0 of the iOS app.

"Add Muse to your wrist with the new Apple Watch Companion app," reads the description. On the Apple Watch, users can now call and talk to Meta's virtual assistant, text it, or use dictation with Muse.

The assistant can also perform tasks like booking event tickets, among other things. Meta emphasizes that Muse can be linked with other Meta apps, including Facebook and Instagram, as well as with users' calendar, email, and finance apps.

Meta says Muse can audit subscriptions, track expenses, flag forgotten charges, and more. However, trusting Meta's virtual assistant with your financial information isn't exactly the best idea, to say the least.

Despite Meta's claims that users can "approve actions before they happen," Muse has been found to have a mind of its own. In September 2026, Muse synced 187,000 lines from a user's Apple Messages database on macOS, despite Full Disk Access being off.

Meta's AI companion did so without permission. One can only imagine the data it might harvest if given access to someone's financial information or the data stored on an Apple Watch.

In all fairness, at the very bottom of the App Store page for Muse, Meta acknowledges that its AI agent "may be inaccurate or take unexpected actions." Users are also instructed to "check in" and "intervene as needed."

Of course, that hasn't stopped Meta from pushing Muse across platforms and applications, with projects such as Muse Code meant to take on Anthropic's Claude Code and OpenAI's ChatGPT Codex.

Given Meta's history, however, Muse is an app best avoided across all platforms and devices. Siri AI is already available on the Apple Watch, Mac, iPad, iPhone, and more, and Apple's long-standing privacy commitments are still in place.