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Lexar has announced a new portable SSD at IFA 2026 called the Muse. The new drive stands out primarily for its compact size and portable design. Instead of a standard rectangular block that dangles from a USB-C port, the Muse is designed to be extremely thin and attaches directly to the back of a phone using magnets.
Lexar Muse Specifications
Shooting high-resolution video on a phone, like 4K ProRes on an iPhone, takes up a lot of storage space very quickly. People usually plug in an external SSD to handle the file sizes, but managing the drive and the cable while trying to film can be awkward. Lexar is trying to fix that physical clutter.
The Muse measures 80 x 48 x 3.8 mm, tapering down to 1 mm at the edges, and weighs 26.5 grams. It is built with an aluminum body and uses an included magnetic sleeve to snap onto MagSafe-compatible iPhones so it sits flat against the device.
To connect the drive to the phone for data transfer, Lexar uses a custom cable system. One end plugs into the phone’s USB-C port, and the other end uses a magnetic PogoPin connector that snaps onto the SSD.
This keeps the cable close to the phone and stops it from getting in the way of your hands or the camera lenses. The obvious downside to this design is that you have to rely on this specific PogoPin cable. If you lose it or leave it at home, you can’t just use a standard USB-C cable to connect the drive to your phone.
Inside, the Muse performs like a standard modern portable SSD. It offers read speeds up to 1,050 MB/s and write speeds up to 1,000 MB/s. That is fast enough to record Apple ProRes 4K video at 120 fps directly to the drive.
It works with USB-C devices, including the iPhone 15, 16, and 17 series, as well as iPads, Macs, and PCs. Lexar also provides a companion app for automatic file backups from your phone.
Pricing and Availability
Lexar says the Muse will be available in Q4 2026. It will launch in 512GB and 1TB capacities. Pricing has not been announced yet.
In related news, Samsung has recently launched its P9 and P7 USB4 portable SSDs with speeds of up to 4,000 MB/s and capacities of up to 8TB. Asus has also introduced a dual-port portable SSD that offers speeds of up to 500 MB/s and up to 1TB of storage.
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(Lexar)
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