Meta's Muse will call businesses for you, if you pay
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Muse can now place calls to U.S. businesses -- if you pay
After initially testing the feature in September, Meta's consumer AI agent Muse is now able to place calls to U.S. businesses on behalf of its users. However, only paid subscribers have access to the feature, the company says. Meta's Muse, which now has over 10 million users, the company said last
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Meta's Muse AI Agent Now Handles Your Phone Call Chores for $20 a Month
It can make calls on your behalf to help you tick things off a to-do list, as long as the business is based in the US. Meta's new AI agent Muse is now able to make phone calls on your behalf if you pay for a monthly premium subscription for its top-tier features. Muse makes calls to businesses
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Meta's Muse can now make calls on your behalf (if you have a paid subscription)
The AI agent can schedule appointments, make reservations and wait on hold for you. Meta's Muse just got another ability that could make the AI agent feel a little bit more like an actual personal assistant. Muse is now able to place phone calls on your behalf, if you have a paid
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Meta brings Pixel-like Call for Me features to Muse for $20/month
Grok Bot can already call consenting individuals, while Google is exploring similar capabilities for Gemini. Google's Gemini has already learned to sit through hold music, navigate phone menus, and speak to businesses on your behalf. The feature even expanded to Pixel 10 phones this week. Now,
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Meta's Muse can now handle your phone call chores for you -- here's how it works
Now your little furry assistant can place calls on your behalf Meta's Muse AI agent has emerged as one of the more recognizable digital personal assistants as of late. It currently holds the #2 spot on the App Store among the top free apps category can definitely be attributed to its cute furry
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Meta's Muse can now make your phone calls, but it won't do it for free
The AI assistant can now contact businesses, make reservations, and handle customer service calls on your behalf. Meta launched Muse in September as an AI assistant for shopping, travel bookings, and other tasks. A few weeks later, the company added custom mini apps called Spaces. Amazon has since
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Meta's Muse will now make phone calls for you, but only if you pay
Calling your cable company or the DMV is about to become someone else's problem, or rather something else's. Meta's AI agent Muse can now place phone calls to businesses in the US on your behalf, but the feature is only available to paying subscribers. Add MakeUseOf on Google Add as Preferred
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Meta Muse AI Can Now Make Phone Calls to Businesses
Users can provide the AI assistant with a task that requires a phone call Meta released its first consumer AI agent, Muse, in September, and since then the company has been releasing more capabilities. Today, the tech giant announced that Muse can place calls to US businesses on behalf of users.
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Meta's Muse AI can Now Call Businesses: What it Costs?
Meta Expands Muse AI Calling Feature to Paid US Subscribers, Allowing the Assistant to Handle Customer Service Calls and Restaurant Bookings Meta has opened its Muse AI calling feature to paying subscribers in the US, allowing the assistant to make phone calls to businesses on behalf of users. The
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Meta's Muse AI agent now places calls to US businesses for paid subscribers. The feature lands in a crowded field, with mixed results and an open question about disclosure.
Meta's AI assistant Muse can now ring businesses in the United States on a user's behalf, and the feature is out to every paid subscriber. Chief AI officer Alexandr Wang announced the rollout on X on November 12, saying Muse can now handle those calls, moving it out of the limited test Meta ran in September
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Wang framed the feature as offloading the calls people dread, and his announcement ran through the list: "insurance? cable? DMV? dinner res? not your problem anymore."
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In practice, a user gives Muse a task by text or voice; the agent finds the business's number, dials, works through automated phone menus, waits on hold and talks to whoever picks up in an AI-generated voice2
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Calling is paid-only. Free users are shut out for now, and the entry point is a $20-a-month plan, with a $100-a-month tier above it, per the pricing most outlets list
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. Wang did signal one expansion downward, saying a feature that gives Muse a dedicated email address will soon reach free users1
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. With it, Muse can be looped into important messages without full inbox access.A crowded field
Muse launched in September 2026 as Meta's first consumer AI agent, per the launch coverage, built for shopping, travel bookings and similar tasks
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. Meta put the app's user count above 10 million last month, a company-supplied figure1
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, and it ranks second on the App Store's free-apps chart, per Tom's Guide5
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But calling businesses is not a first for Muse, per the competitive roundups
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. Google's Gemini has offered a "Call for Me" feature on Pixel phones, and the startup Instinct has been trialing a concierge calling service since September, per the same roundups3
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. Grok Bot can call businesses and consenting individuals, and Anthropic's Claude can make outgoing calls via add-on connectors3
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. Grok Bot can already do that with consenting individuals; Meta has announced no similar plans for Muse4
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Hang-ups, and a question Meta didn't answer
In practice, outcomes are hit-or-miss: plenty of businesses and receptionists cut AI callers off once they work out what they are talking to, sometimes as protection against scams
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. Businesses may eventually ignore Muse calls altogether, per Tom's Guide5
. In one call shared last month by Matt Schlicht, a Meta Superintelligence employee, Muse waited on hold with a Volvo dealership and booked a repair appointment3
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There is a history here, too. Meta previously tested using human contractors to make some Muse calls, and pulled back after employees reportedly flagged the arrangement as a privacy worry
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. It said it would add disclosure and safeguard measures before any wider release6
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. Meta has not said whether people are still involved in Muse's calls, or how a business learns it is speaking with an AI7
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