Muse Realtime Avatar

Meta's model that turns Muse's voice into a live, talking video character built from any reference image, unveiled at Meta Connect 2026.

Give it a reference image, whether a photo, an illustration, an animal, or an object, and it renders that character talking, gesturing, and shifting posture in continuous video
It runs on the same stream as Muse Realtime Voice, so speech, lip movement, and facial expression stay in sync
The first voice-and-video reply arrives about 870 milliseconds after you stop talking, and a session can run as long as the conversation does
Every video it produces carries an invisible watermark marking it as AI-generated
In Meta's own tests, raters preferred it over Runway Characters and HeyGen LiveAvatar in two-to-three minute conversations
Meta says it is in the Muse app for users 18 and older, while TechCrunch's Connect coverage described the avatar video chat as coming soon, so expect a staggered rollout

Face-to-face style video conversations with Muse instead of voice or text alone.

A conversation would land better with a visible, expressive character on screen than with a voice.

Muse app users 18 and older, plus anyone tracking where AI video characters are heading for customer-facing work.

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