AI Coach and deep sleep stimulation now coming to Muse S Athena
Muse S Athena is getting a big software refresh that brings some serious upgrades to how the headband handles sleep. You’ll soon see new features like brain-timed audio during deep sleep, adaptive nap and alarm timing, along with a daily AI coach that translates EEG data into something useful.
For those not in the know, this is a soft fabric headband with EEG and fNIRS sensors. As noted in my hands-on review, you wear it during meditation or sleep to track brain activity. The Muse app gives you live feedback during sessions and detailed insights afterward. With this update, the software becomes more responsive to your mental state while keeping the core experience the same.
Sleep gets more than just tracking
Muse S Athena now goes beyond just helping you fall asleep. It’s built to guide you through every stage of the night. The Digital Sleeping Pill still does what it’s great at, easing you into rest with audio that fades in and out as your brain relaxes. You don’t need to set timers or playlists. It just reacts to your brain in real time and helps you drift off naturally.
The new Deep Sleep Stimulation feature takes things a step further. Instead of looping background noise, it listens to your brainwaves and plays soft pink noise only when you’re in deep sleep. The sound is tuned to what your brain’s doing, helping to strengthen the slow-wave stage that’s key for memory, recovery and feeling refreshed the next day. If your sleep gets unstable, the sound stops automatically so it never pulls you out of rest. It feels calm and soothing, but under the hood it’s running with serious precision.
Smart Alarm and Smart Nap fill in the rest. They read your brain signals and pick the right time to wake you. The alarm waits for the lightest part of your final sleep cycle, so you get up clear-headed instead of groggy. The nap feature does the same thing for shorter breaks, waking you when your brain’s ready instead of when the timer hits zero. It’s a smarter way to handle rest, and it makes the whole experience feel more natural.
Coaching and audio tools get smarter
The other big change is the addition of an AI layer. Muse is calling it Enso. It’s meant to help you make sense of the data instead of leaving you to stare at graphs.
Enso picks out key brain patterns and gives you a short explanation of what they mean. It connects the dots between sleep, stress and focus, then offers tips based on what it finds. Features like Cognitive Performance and Brain Recharge scores already give useful context. This is a natural extension of that idea. Enso adds a layer of interpretation that makes these scores more actionable.
It also gives you a daily summary of your brain activity and what it might mean for the day ahead. That could be a helpful nudge for people who are trying to improve sleep or focus, but don’t want to wade through EEG charts to figure it out.
Wake and nap timing now adapts to your brain
The rollout starts on October 30 with the launch of the AI Coach, available to Premium subscribers. Deep Sleep Stimulation follows in December and will be available to all. Smart Alarm and Smart Nap are next, arriving in early 2026 as Premium features.
Muse says this schedule could shift slightly depending on language and region, but this is the plan for the global release.
Those ready to dive in can pick up the Muse S Athena on the choosemuse.com website. To save 15%, use code “gadgetsandwearables” at check-out.
Also, don’t forget to check out my hands-on review!
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