Short version: Muse Image — yes, if you're in the US with a Meta account. Muse Video — no, nobody outside Meta, no exceptions. Here's the honest access map, plus what actually works meanwhile.
Muse Image: if you're in the US
- Update the Meta AI app or open meta.ai, signed in with a Meta account.
- Prompt for images directly — generation, editing, and multi-reference composition all work in the chat.
- In Instagram Stories, look for the AI image option in the Stories composer.
- In WhatsApp (limited countries), Muse Image runs inside the Meta AI chat.
It's free within usage limits. If it doesn't appear, your region or account hasn't been enabled yet — there is no setting to force it.
Outside the US: your real options
There is no VPN-and-hope workaround worth recommending — availability is tied to your Meta account, not just your IP. The productive move is the models Muse Image is benchmarked against, which are usable from any country:
- Nano Banana 2 (Google) — the closest quality rival on Arena.
- Seedream 4.5 (ByteDance) — flagship-adjacent quality at budget prices.
- GPT Image 2 (OpenAI) — the instruction-following benchmark.
All three run side-by-side on Yix — one studio, 12 top models, free starting credits, no Meta account.
Muse Video: nobody has it
No app, no waitlist, no creator program signup, no API. Sites offering a working "Muse video generator" today are serving other models under the name. When access opens — creator program, public rollout or API — the steps will be documented on our release tracker the day it happens. For video right now, see Sora 2 vs Veo 3.
Before you use Muse Image: the privacy check
Muse Image can reference public Instagram content. If you'd rather your photos stay out of other people's generations: Instagram → Settings → Sharing and Reuse → toggle off content reuse for AI features. Full context in the Muse Image guide.