Meta announced the Muse Charm, a palm-sized keychain device running its Muse personal AI agent with real-time voice, animated avatar, 5G connectivity, and fingerprint activation, at the September 23, 2026 Meta Connect event. The company set an internal target to ship units in time for the December holidays after accelerating an originally later timeline, though prototypes remain limited and full pricing or specifications are still pending. This hardware push follows Muse’s early September launch and strong initial app downloads, positioning Meta against competitors like OpenAI’s delayed consumer device and Apple’s planned 2027 smart glasses. Traders are monitoring supply-chain signals, executive updates, and any holiday retail readiness indicators that could confirm or slip the December window amid Meta’s broader AI hardware push.