Meta’s Unannounced New Feature: Muse AI Can Create Avatars and Directly Share Them with Friends
An analysis of Meta’s client code has uncovered an unannounced avatar-sharing feature for the Muse AI assistant, which is currently in development. Users can customize a virtual avatar and directly share it with friends across Meta’s products; there is no specific launch time announced yet.
TestingCatalog, a site that specializes in dissecting tech giants’ client apps and tracking unreleased features, and its author Alexey Shabanov, recently unearthed an in-development feature for the Muse AI assistant from the code of Meta’s mobile installation package: avatar sharing.
Muse is Meta’s generative AI assistant designed for social scenarios. It doesn’t have a separate app and is directly embedded in three core products: Instagram, Facebook, and WhatsApp. Users can activate it directly in direct message windows and post comment sections, supporting basic needs such as information inquiry, copy generation, and image creation. It can also provide results more aligned with user habits by combining their social behaviors and interest tags.
Judging from the reserved function fields and user guide texts in the code, once this feature launches, users can customize virtual avatars directly in the Muse conversation interface, adjusting parameters such as hairstyle, facial features, and outfits. After generating an avatar, users don’t need to switch to other apps; they can directly send it to friends within Meta’s products, and it also supports exporting and saving to the local album for use on other platforms.
Virtual avatars are a business that Meta has been building for many years. They first served the Horizon metaverse product line and later gradually expanded to scenarios such as personal pages on social apps, comment stickers, and chat emojis. This time, integrating avatar generation capabilities into the AI assistant and directly opening up end-to-end sharing channels has a clear purpose: to add a personalized carrier to the AI’s tool attributes and leverage user social networks for organic dissemination.
As of press time, Meta officials have not disclosed any plans related to this feature, nor have they provided specific timelines for testing or launch. Whether the final function will be adjusted remains to be verified through subsequent client updates.
Information Source: TestingCatalog
Author: Alexey Shabanov
发布时间: 2026-10-25 22:18