Amazon-owned Bee launches two personal AI devices starting at $74.99

In short: Amazon-owned Bee has launched two new devices that can listen to conversations and turn them into summaries and to-do lists, starting at $74.99.

What happened

Bee, a company Amazon bought last year, announced its first new products since the acquisition. The company introduced the Bee Frontier, a device you can wear on your wrist or pin to your clothes, priced at $74.99.

Bee also announced the Bee Eclipse, a credit-card-sized recorder that attaches to the back of a smartphone with magnets. The Eclipse costs $99.99, and Bee says it will be available soon after the Frontier.

Both devices are designed to capture what you say during the day and turn it into useful notes. For example, if you make plans with friends, the device can pull out the date and time and create a calendar invite. Bee says it can also help with things like class notes or remembering instructions from a doctor.

Bee says conversation summaries are free and include 14 days of “memory,” meaning how long the device keeps your past conversation records. There is also an $11.99 per month Bee Pro subscription for unlimited summaries and extra connections, including Alexa and Amazon shopping.

Bee says it does not store the raw audio from your conversations. Instead, it processes the audio right away and deletes it, like reading a note and then shredding the original recording. The text transcript is encrypted, which means it is locked with a code controlled by your device.

Why it matters

More companies are selling gadgets that act like a personal note-taker for daily life. These tools can be helpful, but they raise practical questions about recording other people and how safely the notes are stored. Bee is trying to address that by saying it deletes audio and locks transcripts, while also tying the devices into Amazon services many people already use.

Source: TechCrunch AI