# DIY AI pendant gains custom features before Meta’s Muse Charm launch

- URL: https://talkfuse.com/story/i-built-an-ai-tamagotchi-before-meta-could/
- Published: 2026-10-31T16:05:00+00:00
- Updated: 2026-10-31T16:48:02+00:00
- Original publisher: The Verge
- Original article: https://www.theverge.com/gadgets/1013375/muse-charm-gadgets-preview-waveshare-esp32-claude-vibe-code
- Topics: AI, Culture, Entertainment, Technology, Travel, TV

## Key points

- A $50 pendant became a custom Muse AI gadget.
- Claude Code added voice, camera tools and more avatars.
- The project took tinkering to overcome basic limitations.

## Summary

The writer built a customised AI pendant using a $50 Waveshare touchscreen device and Meta’s Muse software, before Meta’s planned Muse Charm goes on sale. The project shows how a basic, limited AI gadget can become more personal and useful with coding help from Claude, though it takes tinkering rather than working well straight out of the box.

At first, Muse struggled to interpret commands, gave slow replies, and showed only a few words at a time; the device also had one mostly static avatar and limited camera and smart-home features. The writer used Claude Code to add a readable conversation history, spoken replies in a British voice, remote phone camera controls and previews, more avatars, and a Tamagotchi-style care game. The article presents the build as an inexpensive learning project, while noting that some features needed extra coding.

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