15 Meta Muse Features Most People Miss (and Where to Find Them)

Muse looks like a chat app, so most people treat it like one. But the chat is only one of five tabs, and a lot of the useful controls sit one tap behind your Muse's avatar. This list covers the features that hands-on reviewers keep pointing to as the ones that change how Muse works for you.

The map: five tabs and one avatar

Before the list, here is the layout that makes everything else easier to find.

• Bottom tabs: Chat, Feed, Ideas, Goals, Library. (On desktop, they run down the left side, with a Search option above them.)
• Your Muse's avatar (top of the chat): tap it to reveal four icons: a list (task history), Approvals, Upcoming (reminders and scheduled jobs) and a fingerprint (Soul and memory).
• Settings: Connectors, Computer use, File system access, Dictation, Wallet, Secure store, Permissions, Messaging channels, Devices and Data controls.

1. The Soul file

Where: avatar > fingerprint icon > Soul

The Soul file is Muse's personality and standing instructions. It decides things like how formal Muse is, how much it talks, and how proactive it gets. You can edit it directly, or shape it from chat:

Update your Soul: be brief and direct, skip the pleasantries, and only message me proactively when something needs my decision.

Most people never open it, which is why Muse feels generic to them.

2. Your memory file

Where: avatar > fingerprint icon > memory

This is what Muse has learned about you: your city, your family, your preferences. You can read and edit it like a document. It is worth checking once a week, both to fix wrong assumptions and to remove anything you would rather it did not keep. A useful trick after you edit anything: ask "what did you learn from my changes? Save it to memory."

3. Import your memory from ChatGPT or Claude

Where: Settings > Data controls > Import memory

Muse gives you a prompt to paste into your other AI assistant. That assistant writes up what it knows about you, and you paste the answer back into Muse. It saves weeks of "getting to know you." Read the export before you hand it over; it can include more than you expect.

4. The Ideas tab (and its recurring toggle)

Where: Ideas tab

Ideas are suggestions built from your chats and goals: watch a train fare, unsubscribe from newsletters you never open, turn saved Reels into a trip plan. Tap one and choose Let's do it. The hidden part: the pop-up has a recurring toggle, so a one-off idea can become a standing job in one tap. Several reviewers called this their favourite feature.

5. Goals

Where: Goals tab, or just tell Muse your goal in chat

Goals come in preset categories (Health, Relationships, Finance, Career, Interests, Productivity). Adding one changes what Muse suggests on its own. One reviewer set a career goal and Muse started drafting LinkedIn posts for him without being asked. Check a goal off and it disappears.

6. Your personal Feed

Where: Feed tab

A news feed built only for you: upcoming meetings, things happening near you, and any topics you ask for. You can shape it in plain language ("every morning, show me the top 5 AI stories") and keep tweaking it. New accounts start with an empty feed, so give it a few instructions on day one.

7. The Library

Where: Library tab

Everything Muse makes lands here: PDFs, documents, slide decks, images, short videos, audio "podcasts," and even small web pages and dashboards (like a live price tracker). If you lose something Muse made, look here before asking it to redo the work.

8. The status pill and task history

Where: the pill at the top of the chat; avatar > list icon

While Muse works, the pill at the top shows the current step. Tap it to see everything in progress. For history, the list icon behind the avatar shows every task, newest first; open one to see each step it took. When a long task seems stuck, this is where you find out why (or ask "are you still there?", which reviewers found un-sticks it).

9. Side chats

Where: threads icon (top left) > +

Side chats keep separate projects separate, while Muse still remembers all of them. A neat trick from one heavy user: make a side chat where every reply comes back as a voice note (with a transcript), for when you are driving or walking.

10. Take control of the browser

Where: in any browser task, the live browser view

Muse does web tasks in its own browser on its own cloud computer. When a site needs you (a login, a one-time code, a judgment call), choose take control, do that step yourself, and hand it back. The X hides the view while the task keeps running; stop ends it.

11. The secure credential store

Where: Settings > Secure store

Save site logins here so Muse can sign in for you without ever seeing the password. Muse will also prompt you to add one when a task needs it. This is far safer than typing a password into chat.

12. Wallet (with one-time cards)

Where: Settings > Wallet

Connect a payment method through Link by Stripe. When Muse buys something, Link creates a one-time card number tied to that merchant and amount, so neither Muse nor the store sees your real card. Muse still asks for approval before paying.

13. Per-app permissions

Where: Settings > Permissions > each Connector

Every connected app has its own list of actions, each set to Allow, Ask or Deny. Most start at Allow. This is the single most important setting most people never open; our privacy checklist walks through it.

14. WhatsApp and dictation

Where: Settings > Messaging channels; Settings > Dictation

You can talk to Muse from WhatsApp, which is handy when you are already in your messages. And dictation lets you speak instead of type. There is no live back-and-forth voice conversation yet, but you can ask for replies as voice notes.

15. Phone calls (rolling out)

Meta has shown Muse calling a business on a user's behalf. It introduces itself as an AI assistant calling for you, says the call is being recorded or transcribed, and gives you the transcript afterwards. Reviewers report the feature is reaching people gradually, so do not worry if you do not see it yet. When you do have it, start with low-stakes calls like checking opening hours.

Bonus: rename it and give it a face

Where: avatar > pencil > Edit name or Change avatar

You can rename your Muse and describe a new avatar (it gives you a few options to pick from). It sounds cosmetic, but a distinct name makes it easier to tell Muse's messages apart from your own, which is exactly why Meta made it look like a separate character.

Watch the tour

If you would rather see where everything is, this walkthrough taps through each tab and icon:

Next: put these features to work with 10 Meta Muse workflows that run on autopilot.