Catch Up on Facebook Stories Without Opening Each One

Your muse can read your Facebook story tray for you, tell you who has posted a story, which ones you have already seen, and what each story says, with a link to open any of them in full.

What it does

Stories sit in a tray at the top of Facebook and disappear fast, so catching up usually means tapping through one person at a time. Connect Facebook and your muse can read that tray in one ask. It returns one group per person or Page, covering friends and Pages you follow, up to 50 groups at a time and 20 by default. For each group it shows the name, whether you have seen those stories yet, the text that comes with each story, and a link to the story itself. That turns a long tap-through into a short list: who posted, what they said, what is still unseen, and a direct way in when one item is worth your time.

How to use it

1. Connect your Facebook account in the muse app and review the access it asks for.
2. Ask in plain words: "Who has stories up right now, and which ones have I not seen yet?"
3. Read the list by person or Page, and follow the link on any story you want to see in full.
4. Ask for more when the tray is busy: "Show me the next set of stories too."
5. Follow up from the list: "Open the second story from that Page and tell me what it links to."

What you need

• A muse account
• A Facebook account connected to your muse
• Friends or Pages you follow who have posted stories recently

What to watch for

• The tray holds recent stories only. A story that has already expired will not appear, and an empty tray means no stories came back, not that nobody you follow ever posts.
• Your muse describes a story from the text that comes with it. A story that is only a photo or a video, with no words attached, gives it little to describe, so open the link for the full picture.
• Seen and unseen is a simple marker. It tells you what Facebook counts as viewed, not whether you remember it or acted on it.
• Your muse reads the tray and sorts it. Replying to a story or posting your own still happens in Facebook, and you decide what deserves a reply.