Muse Charm vs OpenAI's device: do you need an AI gadget?
Two AI gadgets are competing for attention in September 2026. Meta showed Muse Charm, a palm-sized device for its Muse agent, and says it ships in December. OpenAI's device, designed by Jony Ive's team, has no public name or price, and an OpenAI court filing says it will not reach buyers before the end of February 2027.
You do not need either one to get better at interviews. Here is what each is, and what actually helps.
What is Muse Charm?
Charm is Meta's first device built only for its AI agent. It has a small screen with an animated character, cameras on both sides, microphones, speakers and a 5G connection, and you press a fingerprint sensor to start talking. Meta revealed it at its Connect event on 23 September 2026 and has not announced a price.
What is OpenAI's device?
Officially, very little is known. OpenAI paid about $6.5 billion for Jony Ive's hardware company, io, in May 2025, and Ive's team is designing its first devices. In February 2026, during a trademark dispute with a hearing-device company called iyO, OpenAI told a court it would not use the name io and would not ship its first device before the end of February 2027.
Everything else comes from reports. Some described earbuds, others something closer to a speaker with a camera, and OpenAI's president has said the company is working on a family of devices. Until OpenAI shows one, treat any description as a guess.
| Muse Charm | OpenAI's device | |
|---|---|---|
| Can you see it yet? | Yes, shown on stage | No |
| When you could buy one | December 2026, planned | Not before the end of February 2027 |
| Price | Not announced | Not announced |
| What it looks like | Palm-sized, small screen, two cameras | Unconfirmed. Reports vary |
| Works in India or the Gulf | Not yet. Muse is US and Canada only | Unknown |
Why did the last AI gadgets fail?
Because a phone did the job better. Humane's AI Pin cost $699 plus a monthly fee in 2024, and it went dead in February 2025, when HP paid $116 million for most of what Humane owned. The Rabbit R1 cost $199 the same year, and reviewers found that an app could do most of what it did.
Charm's argument is that an agent which can finish tasks for you, like booking or ordering, is worth a single press instead of reaching for a phone. Whether that holds up, nobody will know until people have used it for a few months.
Will an AI gadget help me prepare for interviews?
Not in any way your phone cannot already. The useful thing these devices share is voice: you speak, and the AI listens and replies. Interview preparation benefits from the same habit, because an answer you have only thought through sounds very different once you say it out loud.
You can build that habit today, for free, with the phone in your pocket. Practise a spoken answer, listen to where it rambles, and try again. Our warmup routine lays out ten minutes of practice that works on any phone.
Should you wait for one of them?
No. Neither is on sale, neither has a price, and OpenAI's is at least five months away. If you have an interview in the next few weeks, the gadget question does not affect you at all. If you are curious about Charm, read the first reviews in December before paying for anything.
The best interview preparation tool is the one you use this week, out loud.