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Meta Launches Open-Source Muse Gadgets for Developers

Meta introduced Muse Gadgets, an open-source project allowing developers to build custom hardware that connects to its AI agent, Muse. The company provides open-source firmware, a Linux software development kit (SDK), and project ideas like color e-ink displays or HDMI stick integration. Users can connect Muse to devices such as Raspberry Pi or ESP32 boards, and link it to displays, buttons, sensors, and actuators. Meta also created a Discord channel for community support. The company built a gadget called Muse Home Link, which connects Muse to home smart devices, and is giving away 5,000 units for free to Muse subscribers. This move aligns with Meta's strategy to expand Muse beyond a standalone chatbot, also targeting small businesses with Muse for Small Business and launching a new business unit, Meta Enterprise Platform, to push AI offerings to enterprises.

• Meta introduced Muse Gadgets, an open-source project for developers to build hardware connected to Muse.
• Meta provides open-source firmware and a Linux SDK, along with project ideas like e-ink displays and HDMI sticks.
• Muse Gadgets can be used with low-cost boards like Raspberry Pi or ESP32.

Shopify launches Canvas AI site builder

Shopify has introduced Canvas, a new AI-powered site builder that lets merchants create and customize online stores through chat with its AI agent, Sidekick. Canvas renders changes in real time, showing the actual code and enabling full interactivity testing across screen sizes. It presents the store as a cohesive visual workspace, allowing merchants to view, edit, and develop pages without deep coding knowledge. Sidekick can directly access theme files, make coordinated changes, and validate its own work, having already handled over 25 million theme changes in H1 2026. Initially, Canvas lacks support for third-party themes, app blocks, and translations, and is desktop-only, but Shopify plans to expand its capabilities. The tool will roll out gradually, with the existing editor remaining for now, and aims to make e-commerce more accessible to non-coders.

• Shopify launched Canvas, an AI-powered site builder and design interface that lets merchants create stores via chat.
• Canvas uses Shopify's AI agent Sidekick to make real-time changes to the store's actual code and theme files.
• The initial version lacks third-party theme support, app blocks, translations, and is desktop-only.

Shopify Drops React Native for Native Apps Citing AI Agents

Shopify has announced it is moving away from React Native (RN) for its mobile apps, returning to fully native development using Swift and Kotlin. The decision, detailed by Head of Engineering Farhan Thawar and Head of Mobile Mustafa Ali, is driven by the dramatically improved capabilities of AI coding agents, which reduce the cost of building and maintaining two separate native codebases. Shopify found that the advantages of sharing code via RN are now outweighed by the benefits of full platform access and performance. The company has already rewritten its Shop app natively in just 12 weeks, with the main Shopify app underway. They are also building a shared test suite to validate feature parity between iOS and Android. This marks a strategic reversal from its 2020 all-in commitment to React Native, which was originally adopted to speed Android development. The shift is seen as a bellwether for the mobile development industry, potentially influencing other companies to reconsider cross-platform frameworks.

• Shopify announced it is moving all mobile apps from React Native to fully native development with Swift and Kotlin.
• The Shop app was rewritten natively in 12 weeks, with the main Shopify app currently underway.
• AI coding agents are cited as the key reason, reducing the cost of maintaining two native codebases.

Introducing Zoho AgentInbox: Email infrastructure built for AI agents

Zoho has launched Zoho AgentInbox, a new product providing email infrastructure designed for AI agents. This announcement is featured prominently on the Zoho blog.

Zoho apps on Apple's latest: Here's everything new across iOS 27, iPadOS 27, and macOS 27

Zoho announces updates across its apps for Apple's new iOS 27, iPadOS 27, and macOS 27, including Zoho Books, Zoho Invoice, Zoho Inventory, Zoho Billing, and Zoho Expense. Also introduces the new Zoho Expense with integrated business travel and native AI, and Zoho Tables now available in Zoho One.

Zoho Announces Finalists for From The Ground Up, Its First-Ever AI Hackathon Featuring College Student-Built AI Solutions to Rural Environmental Crises

Zoho announced the finalists for its first-ever AI hackathon, 'From The Ground Up', featuring college student-built AI solutions to rural environmental crises.