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Amazon's Bee launches two AI note-taking devices priced from $74.99
Amazon-owned Bee announced the Bee Frontier wearable at $74.99 and the Bee Eclipse phone attachment at $99.99. Both record conversations and turn them into summaries and to-dos. A Bee Pro plan costs $11.99 per month and adds unlimited summaries and Alexa+ integration.
Key points
- Bee Frontier costs $74.99; Bee Eclipse, a phone attachment, costs $99.99.
- Bee Pro costs $11.99 per month and adds unlimited summaries and Alexa+ integration.
- Raw audio is deleted after processing and transcripts are encrypted with device keys.
What happened: Amazon-owned Bee announced two personal AI devices, its first new products since Amazon acquired the company in 2025, TechCrunch reported. The Bee Frontier costs $74.99 and is available now on Amazon. The Bee Eclipse costs $99.99 and will be available soon after.
The details: The Frontier can be worn on the wrist or pinned to clothing and offers IP67 water resistance, up to seven days of battery life, USB-C charging and dual microphones. The Eclipse is a credit-card-sized device that attaches magnetically to the back of a smartphone. Both take notes from conversations and turn them into summaries, to-dos and insights, such as calendar invites for agreed plans. All devices include free summaries and 14 days of memory. Bee Pro costs $11.99 per month and adds unlimited summaries, Amazon.com and Alexa+ integrations, a personal chat assistant and conversation templates.
Background: TechCrunch compared the pricing with the Plaud Note at $159, the Plaud Note Pro at $189 and the Pocket AI device at $129. Bee works with Gmail, Google Calendar, Microsoft Outlook, Amazon.com, Alexa and Apple HealthKit, and ships with a redesigned mobile app and a new desktop app.
Who it affects: According to the article, raw audio is processed in real time and then deleted, and transcripts are encrypted with keys the device controls, so Amazon employees cannot access them unless the user shares them. Users can delete transcripts and summaries at any time.
Our take
Conversation capture hardware is getting cheaper, which raises new questions for teams about recording policies in meetings and client calls.