Wrist Ledger
A standing box for the watch question, placed here so the verdict sits next to the headline. Last updated November 11, 2026, from the Meta post of November 9 and the November 10 reports listed in Sources, all read in full on November 10 or November 11.
- Announced: November 9, 2026, Meta primary. The @Muse post on X says, in its opening words, "Works around the clock, and now on your wrist," and announces Muse on Apple Watch and Wear OS.
- Checked: November 10, 2026, TechCrunch, by Aisha Malik, read in full. Voice calls, text messages, or dictation on the watch, a personalized avatar, a paired phone and a Muse account required, and the launch about a month after the dedicated iPad app. The same piece reports Muse as one of 12 apps to pass 10 million U.S. downloads in its first 40 days.
- Secondary only: tasks and connectors from the wrist, notifications, shortcuts and a watch face, and the OS requirements. Those details come from The Gadgeteer, November 10, 2026, read in full, and from Gadgets and Wearables, November 10, 2026, read in full in the November 11 checks. Neither is a Meta page. This post labels them secondary wherever they appear.
- Still open: a Meta primary confirming tasks and connectors from the wrist, the plan and token treatment for watch use, whether the watch works on cellular away from the paired phone, and whether Wear OS is actually live in the Google Play Store or still waiting, as The Gadgeteer's wording suggests.
- Next recheck, a promise with a date: this site will recheck the open legs on November 19, 2026, and will publish the result on that date even if all of them are still missing.
The short version: voice, text, and dictation, with your phone nearby
The confirmed core is small, and it is worth keeping it that size. A Meta post announced the launch. A trade report with a named reporter, TechCrunch's Aisha Malik on November 10, 2026 at 7:29 AM PST, filled in how interaction works: voice calls, text messages, or dictation directly on the smartwatch.
The avatar is part of that confirmed core. TechCrunch reports that users can personalize their Muse avatar, into a person, an animal, or another type of character. The Gadgeteer, a secondary source, describes the character as front and center in the watch app. The personalization fact is TechCrunch's. The placement detail is The Gadgeteer's, and this post keeps that split visible.
The download figure in TechCrunch's piece gives the launch its context, and it needs its label too. TechCrunch reports that Muse became one of just 12 mobile apps to pass 10 million U.S. downloads within their first 40 days in the App Store. The Gadgeteer attributes the same figure to Sensor Tower estimates. An estimate carried by two reports is still an estimate, and this post prints it as reported, not as a Meta count.
What rests on secondary reports: tasks, connectors, and the watch face
This is the section readers will want to overread, so the sourcing comes first. No Meta page checked on November 10 or November 11 lists which tasks or connectors work from the wrist. The detail below is secondary, from two outlets that published their own write ups on November 10, and it could change when Meta publishes its own help page.
The Gadgeteer, November 10, 2026, read in full, lists notifications, shortcuts and a watch face, and tasks and connectors from the wrist. On the watch face point, it describes a Muse complication that puts Muse one tap away. Gadgets and Wearables, November 10, 2026, read in full in the November 11 checks, goes one step further on tasks. A user can start a task, read an update, or approve an action from the wrist, without pulling out the phone. Muse then continues work through connected services. Its examples include searching for movie tickets and spotting a scheduling conflict between a meeting and a dentist appointment, then carrying out the task once approved.
Read at that weight, the picture is plausible and limited at the same time. Starting a task and approving an action from the wrist fits what a companion app does. It does not prove that every connector Muse offers on the phone works on the watch, that a booking completes from the wrist without the phone, or that the full connector list is available on both watch platforms. No source checked for this post names a connector by name as wrist ready. Until a Meta page does, the honest sentence is the narrow one: two secondary outlets report tasks and connectors from the wrist, and Meta has not confirmed the list.
The test that would settle this in five minutes is on your own wrist. Open Muse on the watch. Start one ordinary task you already run on the phone. Note three things: whether the task starts on the watch or only opens the phone app, whether a progress update appears on the watch without you asking, and whether an approval prompt can be answered from the wrist. Those three answers, with your watch model and OS version, say more than any launch post will.
The paired phone boundary
TechCrunch states the boundary in its November 10 report: the watch app requires a paired phone and a Muse account. The Gadgeteer, secondary, puts the same point as setup: the latest Muse app on your phone comes first.
That boundary answers one question and leaves a second one open. It answers whether Muse on a watch works on its own. On this record, it does not. It leaves open whether a cellular Apple Watch can use Muse away from the paired phone, on a run or in a store with the phone left at home. The Gadgeteer says your phone can stay in your bag. That is proximity, in its own wording, not cellular independence. Gadgets and Wearables says you can act without pulling out your phone, which is also proximity. No source checked on November 10 or November 11 states the cellular case, and this post does not guess at it.
Do not read "Muse is on Wear OS" as "Muse is downloadable on every Wear OS watch today." The Gadgeteer, secondary, says the Wear OS app was waiting in the Google Play Store, wording that suggests Wear OS availability may lag the November 9 announcement. Gadgets and Wearables, also secondary, notes that Meta has not published a proper Wear OS compatibility list. TechCrunch reports the launch itself. A launch announcement, a store listing that is still waiting, and a compatibility list that does not exist yet are three different states, and Wear OS sits somewhere among them until a Google Play listing or a Meta page settles it.
Requirements, on a secondary source only
The Gadgeteer gives the only OS list in the sources read in full for this post, and it is a secondary list. Treat it as a starting check, not as Meta's requirements page.
Per The Gadgeteer, November 10, 2026: the iPhone app requires iOS 18 or later, the watch app needs watchOS 9 or later, and the Android side covers Android 10 and up. The same report lists an 18 and over gate for Muse, and a Muse account with a paired phone as part of setup. Its country list in that piece omits Mexico, so its list is incomplete on this site's dated record, which is one more reason to hold its requirements at secondary weight. If your watch or phone falls outside those versions, the next check is the app store listing on your own device, not this post.
One cost point from The Gadgeteer is worth printing with its label intact: the watch app costs nothing extra. No source checked for this post, primary or secondary, names a paid plan as required for watch use, and none states how watch use counts against a plan's usage or tokens. That second question is in the still open row of the ledger for a reason.
What did not change with the watch launch
Consumer pricing in the U.S. did not change. On this site's November record, Muse is free with a usage limit, Power at $20 a month, and Maximum at $100 a month, and the watch launch named no new tier and no watch add on price.
The country list did not change either. Muse is available in the U.S., Canada, Japan, Singapore, and Mexico on this site's dated record, with Mexico added on November 5. The U.K. has been reported as coming within weeks, by The Times and Retail Gazette on November 9, with no date, no named U.K. retailer, and no GBP pricing, and Meta declined to comment in that reporting. India is priced and waitlisted, not launched: The Hindu, November 9, 2026, reported Power at 1,799 rupees a month and Maximum at 8,999 rupees a month, with the launch date itself unclear. Two other standing items also hold flat: Spaces sharing remains not live, described by Meta on November 6 as exploring ways to share, and Expedia in Muse remains hotels only on the Skift record of November 9, with flights not verified.
November 9 brought two different kinds of news on the same day. Ember, covered in yesterday's post on this site, is a developer model with no consumer app rollout stated. The watch app is the consumer launch. It puts the Muse you already have on a smaller screen, next to your phone. It does not, on any source checked here, give the watch a plan, a price, or a country list of its own.
Next: the dated Japan check, and one wrist question
The named next check on this site is not another watch post. It is idea 141, the dated Japan check set for November 12, 2026. Mercari holds its earnings on November 12. This site will check Mercari's earnings materials and Meta's Japan connector pages for whether Mercari and Ticket Pia are live, have a start date, or have been deferred again. It will publish the result with that date even if the answer is still not live.
The reader question for this post is the one a spec list cannot answer: what do you actually do with Muse from your wrist that you would not just do on your phone? A voice prompt while your hands are full is a real use if it works from the watch alone. A task approval tapped on the wrist instead of unlocking a phone is a smaller gain, and still a real one if approvals actually arrive there. Answers that name the task, the watch, and whether the phone stayed in a pocket will shape the November 19 recheck more than another announcement will.
Quick answers
Is Muse available on Apple Watch and Wear OS?
Yes, announced. Meta's @Muse account on X announced Muse on Apple Watch and Wear OS on November 9, 2026, at 4:25 PM. TechCrunch reported the launch on November 10, 2026.
What can I do with Muse on a watch?
On the confirmed record, interact through voice calls, text messages, or dictation, with a personalized avatar, per TechCrunch on November 10, 2026. Tasks and connectors from the wrist, notifications, shortcuts, and a watch face are reported by The Gadgeteer, a secondary source, and tasks starting and approvals from the wrist are also reported by Gadgets and Wearables, also secondary. Meta has not confirmed that list on a page checked for this post.
Does the watch app work without a phone?
No, on this record. TechCrunch reports that the watch app requires a paired phone and a Muse account. Whether a cellular watch can use Muse away from the paired phone is not stated in any source checked on November 10 or November 11, 2026.
What OS versions do I need?
Secondary only, per The Gadgeteer on November 10, 2026: iOS 18 or later on the iPhone, watchOS 9 or later on the watch, and Android 10 and up on the Android side. No Meta requirements page checked for this post confirms that list.
Is Wear OS actually downloadable now?
Unconfirmed. The Gadgeteer says the Wear OS app was waiting in the Google Play Store, which suggests availability may lag the announcement. Gadgets and Wearables notes that Meta has not published a proper Wear OS compatibility list. No Play Store listing or Meta page checked for this post settles the question.
Does watch use cost extra, or need a paid plan?
No extra cost was reported by The Gadgeteer, and no source checked for this post names a paid plan as required. How watch use counts against a plan's usage or tokens is not stated in any source checked. U.S. pricing is unchanged: free with a usage limit, Power at $20 a month, and Maximum at $100 a month.
Did the watch launch change where Muse is available?
No change was found. Muse is available in the U.S., Canada, Japan, Singapore, and Mexico on this site's dated record. The U.K. is reported within weeks with no date, and India is priced and waitlisted, not launched.
Frequently Asked Questions
Q: When was Muse on watches announced, and by whom?
A: November 9, 2026, by Meta, through its @Muse account on X at 4:25 PM that day. TechCrunch, by Aisha Malik, reported it the next day, November 10, 2026, at 7:29 AM PST, with the interaction details and the paired phone requirement.
Q: Is the personalized avatar on the watch the same one as on the phone?
A: TechCrunch reports that users can personalize their Muse avatar, into a person, an animal, or another type of character, in its watch launch report. The Gadgeteer describes the character as front and center in the watch app. No source checked for this post states whether a phone avatar carries over unchanged to the watch, or is set separately there, so this post does not assume either way.
Q: Which connectors work from the wrist?
A: None are named as wrist ready in a Meta source checked for this post. The Gadgeteer lists tasks and connectors from the wrist, and Gadgets and Wearables reports starting a task, reading an update, and approving an action from the wrist through connected services, with movie tickets and a calendar conflict as its examples. Both are secondary reports from November 10, 2026. A connector that works in Muse on the phone is not, on this record, confirmed to work on the watch.
Q: Can Muse on a watch read my health or sensor data?
A: Not stated as available. Gadgets and Wearables, secondary, reports that Meta has not announced direct access to smartwatch sensors, and that the watch apps act as remote controls while Muse itself runs in the cloud. No source checked for this post describes Muse reading heart rate, workouts, location from the watch, or any other sensor feed.
Q: Why does this post keep separating confirmed from secondary?
A: Because the launch split that way. The announcement, the interaction modes, the avatar, and the paired phone requirement rest on a Meta post and a TechCrunch report read in full. The requirements list, the watch face, notifications, shortcuts, and the tasks and connectors claim rest on secondary outlets. Readers deciding whether to buy or update a watch deserve to know which kind of source each fact stands on.
Q: Is this the same launch as Muse Ember?
A: No. Both are dated November 9, 2026, and they are different products for different readers. Ember is the smallest Muse model, released on Muse Code and the Meta Model API, with no consumer app rollout stated. The watch app is a consumer release for the Muse app people already use, and it changes nothing about Ember's price or benchmark score.
Q: What happens on November 12 and on November 19?
A: On November 12, 2026, this site runs the dated Japan check in idea 141: Mercari's earnings that day, and whether Mercari and Ticket Pia are live in Muse in Japan, deferred, or given a start date. On November 19, 2026, this site rechecks the watch ledger's open legs: a Meta primary on tasks and connectors, plan and token treatment for watch use, cellular use away from the phone, and the Wear OS store status.
Sources
- Meta, @Muse on X, November 9, 2026, 4:25 PM. Read in full on November 10, 2026, and rechecked in the November 11, 2026 DuckDuckGo checks for this post. The announcement itself: Muse is now on Apple Watch and Wear OS, in the post's opening words, "Works around the clock, and now on your wrist."
- TechCrunch, Aisha Malik, "Meta's AI agent Muse lands on Apple Watch and Android Wear OS," November 10, 2026, 7:29 AM PST. Read in full on November 10, 2026, and rechecked November 11. The confirmed interaction record: voice calls, text messages, or dictation directly on the smartwatch, a personalized avatar that users can make into a person, an animal, or another type of character, the watch app requires a paired phone and a Muse account, the launch about a month after the dedicated iPad app, and Muse as one of 12 apps to pass 10 million U.S. downloads in its first 40 days in the App Store.
- The Gadgeteer, Allie Nguyen, November 10, 2026. Read in full on November 10, 2026. Secondary source, not a Meta page. The details taken from it, labeled secondary in the text: iOS 18 or later, watchOS 9 or later, and Android 10 and up, an 18 and over gate, setup through the latest Muse app on the phone first, voice, call and text, dictation, notifications, shortcuts and a watch face with a Muse complication, tasks and connectors from the wrist, the phone staying in a bag, no extra cost for the watch app, and wording that the Wear OS app was waiting in the Google Play Store. Its country list omits Mexico, so that list is treated as incomplete in this post.
- Gadgets and Wearables, Ivan Jovin, November 10, 2026. Read in full in the November 11, 2026 DuckDuckGo checks for this post. Secondary source. The details taken from it, labeled secondary in the text: a Muse version 15.0 update adding the Apple Watch companion app, a watch face complication and an animated character in the app, starting a task, reading an update, and approving an action from the wrist without pulling out the phone, work continuing through connected services after the app has closed, movie ticket search and a meeting and dentist scheduling conflict as examples, no proper Wear OS compatibility list published by Meta, no announced direct access to smartwatch sensors, and the watch apps acting as remote controls for a Muse that runs in the cloud.
- Editorial checks, November 10 and 11, 2026: standing facts held flat from this site's November record. U.S. app pricing at free with a usage limit, Power at $20 a month, and Maximum at $100 a month, with no tier named as required for watch use in any source checked. Muse live in the U.S., Canada, Japan, Singapore, and Mexico, with Mexico added November 5. The U.K. reported within weeks by The Times and Retail Gazette on November 9, 2026, with no date, partner, or GBP pricing, and Meta declining to comment. India priced at 1,799 rupees for Power and 8,999 rupees for Maximum, with the launch date unclear and users waitlisted, per The Hindu, November 9, 2026, read in full on November 10. Spaces sharing still described by Meta on November 6, 2026 as exploring ways to share, not live. Expedia in Muse still hotels only, per Skift, November 9, 2026, with flights not verified. Low quality secondary guides surfaced in the November 11 checks that contradicted the U.K. and Mexico record were not used to change those standing facts.
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