Amazon is making its most serious push into AI wearable tech, unveiling two new devices under Bee, a company it acquired last year, and building them out with its own hardware and AI infrastructure behind them.

Amazon Debuts Its First Bee AI Products

Amazon has officially launched two new personal AI devices under the Bee brand: the Bee Frontier wearable and the Bee Eclipse magnetic phone attachment. Both devices are designed to listen in on conversations throughout the day and turn those moments into useful summaries, to-do lists, reminders, and insights, all while keeping audio off Amazon’s servers.

The Bee Frontier is available now for $74.99, while the Bee Eclipse is listed as coming soon at a starting price of $99.99. Both devices connect to a companion mobile app and a newly launched desktop app at bee.computer, where users can review their conversation history, manage their data, and access templates tailored to specific use cases such as lectures, care plans, or brainstorming sessions.

In addition to standalone functionality, both devices can now be connected to Alexa+ and to Amazon.com. The Alexa+ integration gives users hands-free access to their summaries and to-dos through any Echo device using voice ID, while the Amazon.com connection allows the Bee app and the Amazon homepage to surface product recommendations based on items mentioned in conversation.

Bee Frontier: Wearable AI Recorder

The Bee Frontier is a wearable AI recorder that can be worn on the wrist using an ultra-soft silicone band or clipped directly onto clothing. It is available in three nature-inspired colors, Lavender, Sage, and Onyx, and is built with an IP67 water resistance rating so it can handle everyday wear without issue.

Battery life on the Bee Frontier reaches up to seven days on a single charge, with USB-C used for recharging. The device includes dual microphones with advanced noise filtering, allowing it to pick up and process relevant conversation even in louder environments like open offices or busy restaurants. A user-controlled microphone button and a visible LED indicator light are built in, giving users full control over when the device is actively listening.

Users can configure the device to stop processing audio automatically after a set period of silence, such as five or fifteen minutes, as an additional layer of passive control. All audio is processed in real time and deleted immediately after, with transcripts encrypted using keys that only the user’s device creates and controls.

Bee Eclipse: Magnetic AI Recorder

The Bee Eclipse takes a different approach to the same core function, designed for people who prefer to keep everything attached to their phone rather than wearing a dedicated device. It is a slim, credit card-sized device that attaches to the back of a smartphone via magnet, with no setup beyond placing it on the phone.

Its battery life is significantly longer than the Frontier’s, lasting more than 21 days on a single charge, making it a low-maintenance option for users who do not want to think about charging a second device. The Bee Eclipse is available in Silver, Midnight, Honey, and Blush colorways.

The Eclipse works identically to the Frontier in terms of AI functionality, turning conversations into summaries, insights, and action items in the Bee app. Bee specifies that for any call being recorded, users are prompted to obtain consent from other participants before the recording begins, and that audio is never stored at any point in the process.

Both devices are built on Bee Private Compute, a security architecture that processes conversation data inside a secure, isolated environment that no one outside the user, including Amazon, can access. Transcripts are only accessible to the user unless they explicitly choose to share them, and can be deleted at any time.

Frequently Asked Questions

What Is Bee AI?

Bee AI is a personal AI platform built around ambient listening and conversation memory. Its core premise is that people forget important details from everyday conversations, whether from meetings, phone calls, casual plans, or passing remarks, and that a device capable of capturing and processing those moments in real time can make daily life meaningfully more organized.

The platform turns what it captures into structured outputs including conversation summaries, to-do lists, reminders, goals, and personalized recommendations. Bee can also connect to third-party apps including Gmail, Google Calendar, Microsoft Outlook, and Apple HealthKit to build a more complete picture of a user’s day and surface relevant actions after calls or meetings, such as drafting follow-up emails or creating calendar invites based on what was discussed.

What Happened With Amazon’s Acquisition of Bee?

Bee was founded in 2022 as a San Francisco-based startup, operating under the legal name Bluush Inc., and it raised approximately $80 million in total funding before being acquired by Amazon. The acquisition was completed in July 2025, with the financial terms not publicly disclosed, though reports estimated the deal at around $500 million. Bee’s founder posted on LinkedIn at the time of the announcement that the company had found “a new home at Amazon.”

Amazon stated publicly that it wanted to give users even greater control over their devices and that it had been a strong steward of customer data since its founding. Prior to the acquisition, Bee had already launched its first product, the Bee Pioneer, which was one of the first personal AI devices to go beyond simple audio transcription and offer memory-based recommendations.

The acquisition gave Amazon direct entry into the ambient AI wearable category, a space that several other hardware companies had attempted to enter with limited commercial success.

How Does an AI Recorder Help in Your Daily Life?

An AI recorder helps by reducing the mental load of trying to hold onto information during conversations while remaining present and engaged. In practical terms, a device like the Bee Frontier or Bee Eclipse captures the key details from a phone call with a friend planning a trip, a work meeting where tasks were assigned, a doctor’s appointment where instructions were given, or a passing conversation where a book title or restaurant name was mentioned.

Rather than relying on memory or stopping to type notes, the device processes what was said and surfaces it later as a structured summary or action item in the companion app. The Bee platform also picks up on recurring themes and trends across conversations over time and can recommend personalized goals and actions based on those patterns.

The integration with apps like Gmail and Google Calendar means the AI can take those summaries one step further, drafting emails or creating calendar events without requiring the user to recount what was discussed.