Amazon's Bee Launches Two New Personal AI Devices Priced at $75

Amazon-owned Bee has released its first new AI devices since the acquisition, including an updated wearable and a credit-card-sized recorder that connects to smartphones. The devices can summarize conversations, create to-do lists, and integrate with Alexa and Amazon shopping, with prices starting at $74.99.

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Bee, the maker of Amazon's artificial intelligence wearables, is unveiling its first new products since being acquired by the retail giant last year. The tech company on Thursday unveiled the Bee Frontier, its next-generation device that can be worn on the wrist or attached to clothing, along with the Bee Eclipse, a credit-card-sized device that attaches magnetically to the back of your smartphone.

The latter puts the Bee in more direct competition with AI devices like the Plaud Note or Pocket, but at a lower price point — the Bee Frontier is $74.99, compared to $159 for the Plaud Note (or $189 for the Note Pro), or $129 for the Pocket AI device.

The Bee Frontier will be available in Onyx, Lavender, and Sage, while the Bee Eclipse will be available in Silver, Midnight, Honey, and Red for $99.99.

Like the original Bee, the idea of the new devices is to use artificial intelligence to take notes on your everyday conversations, allowing you to remember the important things that were said and then turn them into actionable to-dos, summaries and insights.

For example, if you were talking to your friends about planning, Bee would remember the date and time you agreed on, then create a calendar invite. You can also use Bee to take notes on a lecture in class, or a care plan you discussed with your doctor, among other things.

All Bee devices can create call logs for free and offer 14 days of memory. With a $11.99 monthly Bee Pro subscription, users get unlimited conversation summaries and integration with Alexa+ and third-party apps. Pro users also get suggested tasks, diaries, personal chat assistant and conversation templates.

To make all of this possible, Bee devices use a private computing security architecture that does not store the raw audio of your conversations. Instead, the audio is processed in real time and then removed. Conversation transcripts are encrypted using keys that your device creates and controls, meaning that no one else, including Amazon employees, can access those files unless you manually and intentionally share them.

Additionally, you can connect the Bee to Alexa, allowing the Echo to use its ability to recognize your voice, a feature called Voice ID, to recognize when you're speaking. It can then record your conversations to provide Bee Insights. (This aspect of Bee is optional, and Amazon notes that you can remove transcripts and summaries at any time.)

With its new connections to and Alexa, Bee users can make purchases from Amazon or ask Alexa for insights, summaries, or hands-free tasks for Bee.

Bee also works with your existing productivity software, like Gmail, Google Calendar, and Microsoft Outlook, so it can draft emails, set up meetings, display action items on the screen, and more.

Plus, you can upload photos to Bee or connect it with Apple's HealthKit to add a snapshot of your overall health to integrate into your insights.

The Bee Frontier and Bee Eclipse both have just one button that turns the device on and off, and includes an indicator light when it sums up the conversation. The Frontier also features IP67 water resistance, up to seven days of battery life, USB-C charging, and dual microphones with advanced noise filtering.

All Bee devices come with a companion app that's also newly designed, plus a new desktop app.

Bee Frontier is available now on Amazon and Eclipse will be available soon after.

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