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Meta AI expands into an action-taking assistant connected to email and calendars

Meta is rolling out planning, email and calendar connections, recurring tasks, deep research, and slide creation in Meta AI powered by Muse Spark 1.1.

07/25/20261 sources reviewed

Quick summary

It can repeatedly handle tasks such as meal plans or updates on topics a user follows.
Users can steer research, reports, slides, and mood boards while they are being created.
The rollout began on July 24, 2026 in select markets on the Meta AI app and meta.ai.

WHAT HAPPENED

What happened?

Meta is rolling out planning, email and calendar connections, recurring tasks, deep research, and slide creation in Meta AI powered by Muse Spark 1.1.

Email and calendar access adds convenience but also raises the stakes for permissions, recovery from mistakes, and sensitive-data handling. Users should begin with narrow app permissions and review steps before relying on autonomous actions.

WHY IT MATTERS

Why does it matter?

The AI assistant race is moving from generating answers to carrying out long-running work across a user’s apps.

WHO SHOULD CARE

Who should care?

General usersAutomation teamsBusinesses

AIZIGOO VIEW

AIZIGOO view

Features and rollout timing are based on Meta’s announcement and may vary by market and account.