Amazon's Bee AI assistant is now a wearable listening device

Amazon has released the Amazon Bee Frontier and Amazon Bee Eclipse, two AI devices featuring microphones for audio transcription The Bee Frontier is a wristband wearable, while Bee Eclipse is a magnetic phone attachment Both devices will transcribe conversations, set event reminders, and enable 'personalized shopping' Last year, Amazon acquired Bee, a startup with a single product: a wearable that featured a microphone that fed audio files to an LLM, which transcribed the audio into searchable text.

We've seen these kinds of devices before, such as the Pebble Core Index 01 , the Plaud Note AI pin, and most recently the Apple Watch Series 12 and Apple Watch Ultra 4, which offer similar Siri Recap and Live Rewind features.

Now, Amazon has officially thrown its hat in the AI wearable ring and unveiled two new products: the Bee Frontier and Bee Eclipse.

The Bee Frontier, priced at $74.99 (around £56 / AU$108) is a fitness-tracker style Pebble with up to seven days of battery, that can be worn on your clothes or an included wristband, like a Fitbit.

However, instead of collecting biometric data, it features dual microphones with a prominent 'on' button, that records and transcribes audio into summaries and recaps.

Amazon says that "when turned on, Bee gathers context from your conversations and connected apps to provide insights and recommendations,'" creating summaries in the Bee app or a purpose-built desktop app, with "templates tailored to your specific needs".

Students might sort summaries and transcriptions into a Lectures template, while office workers may have a Meeting Minutes template. (Image credit: Amazon) Bee Eclipse is a slightly different version of the concept, which is a magnetic credit card-sized version of the device which snaps to the back of a smartphone, designed to "give customers more options beyond a wearable".

It costs $99.99 (around £75 / AU$145) It's similar to devices like the Plaud Note, which shares the magnetic credit-card design and single-button record.

The Bee Eclipse shares the same transcription software and access to the Bee app with the Bee Frontier.

Amazon says "Bee Frontier is for people on the go who want to stay present in the moment.

Whether it’s remembering the details of important meetings, taking note of the coffee plans you made in passing, or simply ensuring you purchase the dish soap you said you’d buy, Bee Frontier will remember the details for you." Upgrade to a Bee Pro subscription Transcription isn't the Bee range's only trick though.

Bee comes with a 14-day memory, summaries and recaps.