Muse on Windows

What did Microsoft announce?

On October 7, 2026, at its Windows and Surface event in San Francisco, Microsoft announced that Meta Muse is coming to Windows as a native app. Pavan Davuluri, the Microsoft executive who leads Windows and Devices, made the announcement on stage and repeated it on the Windows Experience Blog: Muse for Windows is coming soon as a native app with MXC integration, providing more choice in the agents people can use on their Windows PC.

Neither company gave a release date, a price, or a feature list. What is confirmed is small but real: a native app exists, it is coming, and it ships with the new Microsoft agent safety layer built in.

What is MXC, and why does it matter?

MXC stands for Microsoft Execution Containers. It is a sandbox layer for AI agents that became generally available on Windows 11 on the same day as the announcement. In plain terms, MXC lets you and your employer set the rules an agent runs under: which files it may open and which networks it may reach, enforced while the agent is working rather than promised in a policy page.

For Muse this matters more than for most apps. A personal agent is useful exactly because it can read your email, your calendar, and your files once you connect them. A container that limits what any agent can touch, even after you grant access, is a real answer to the question every Muse user should ask: what stops it going further than I meant? Our guide to whether Muse is safe walks through the permissions worth checking today. Other agents already work with MXC, including OpenAI Codex, GitHub Copilot, and OpenClaw, and Microsoft says Claude Code, Perplexity, and Manus plan to add it. Muse arriving with MXC from the start puts safety in the headline of the Windows launch rather than in a settings page.

How can you use Muse on a Windows PC today?

Right now, the answer is the web version. Muse works in a browser at muse.ai, and that is how Windows users use it today: sign in, redeem an invite code, and the agent runs in the tab. Nothing about the announcement changes that, and nothing needs to be installed.

If you are outside the United States and Canada, the web version is also the route our guides teach: a browser, a VPN set to the US, and a code from the pool. The guide for countries where Muse is not available walks through the full method on a computer. A native app will make Muse nicer to live with on Windows. It will not change who is allowed in.

When is the Windows app coming?

Nobody has said. Coming soon is the whole timeline, from both Microsoft and Meta.

The pattern from every Muse platform so far is worth knowing, as long as it stays labelled as a pattern and not a promise. Muse launched in the United States on September 8, 2026 on iPhone, Android, and the web. Canada followed on September 18. A Mac app arrived days later, and a dedicated iPad app landed on October 7, 2026. Each time, access still ran on invite codes and the launch countries went first. If Windows follows the same shape, expect the United States and Canada first, with a longer wait everywhere else. We update this page when a date is announced.

Which platforms does Muse run on now?

With the iPad launch on October 7, 2026, the list reads: iPhone, iPad, Android, Mac, and the web. Windows was the biggest platform still missing, which is why Microsoft gave it stage time at its own event. Our Muse on Android page covers the other mobile platform in the same detail.

The iPad version is a native app rather than a stretched phone layout, with saved chats in a sidebar. It needs iPadOS 18 or later, and it arrived in the same two countries as everything else, the United States and Canada. Outside them, iPad owners use the same route as iPhone owners: our iPhone install guide covers iPad too, since the method is identical.

What should you do now?

Three things. First, sort your access today. Every Muse platform opens with a sign in and an invite code, and the Windows app will be no different in that respect. If you are in the United States or Canada, get a code from the pool and get Muse working on the web now. If you are anywhere else, join the waitlist for your country.

Second, if your PC is a work machine, the MXC rules may be set by your employer rather than by you. Expect some workplaces to allow Muse and some to fence it off, and expect that decision to be theirs.

Third, once you are in, on any platform, turn off the data sharing setting described in our safety guide. It takes under a minute, and it is the single most useful privacy step a Muse user can take.

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Frequently asked questions

Is Muse available on Windows now?

Not as a native app. Microsoft announced on October 7, 2026 that a native Windows app is coming soon, and neither Microsoft nor Meta has given a release date. Today, Windows users reach Muse through the web version in a browser.

What is MXC integration?

MXC is Microsoft Execution Containers, a sandbox layer for AI agents on Windows 11. It lets you or your employer set which files and networks an agent can reach, enforced while the agent runs. Muse for Windows will ship with MXC integration.

Will the Windows app work in my country?

Nothing has been announced. Every Muse platform so far launched in the United States first and Canada next, with invite codes required even there. If Windows follows that pattern, other countries wait longer, which is an expectation rather than a confirmed fact.

Do I need an invite code for Muse on Windows?

Access to Muse runs on invite codes on every platform today, so plan on redeeming one when the app opens. You can get a free code from the community pool now and use Muse on the web while you wait.

Can I use Muse on Windows outside the US and Canada today?

Yes, through the web version. The method our guides teach uses a browser and a VPN set to the US, plus an invite code. The native app does not change who is allowed in.

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