Amazon Adds Two Bee AI Devices, With Prices Starting at $74.99
The new wearable and smartphone-mounted recorder offer conversation summaries, while paid subscribers get added features and integrations.
Key takeaways
- Amazon introduced the Bee Frontier wearable for $74.99 and the Bee Eclipse recorder for $99.99.
- The Frontier is available now, while the Eclipse is coming soon.
- Bee Pro costs $11.99 per month and includes unlimited conversation summaries and integrations.
Amazon introduced two Bee devices for recording and analyzing conversations: the Bee Frontier wearable, priced at $74.99, and the Bee Eclipse, a card-sized recorder that attaches to a smartphone for $99.99.
The Frontier can be worn on a wrist or clipped to clothing, and is available now. The Eclipse will be available soon, Amazon said. The Frontier has dual microphones with noise filtering and up to seven days of battery life.
Bee devices offer free conversation summaries and recaps, with 14 days of memory, according to TechCrunch. They can also turn discussions into to-dos, such as creating a calendar invite from plans made with friends.
A Bee Pro subscription costs $11.99 a month and adds unlimited summaries, daily memories, a personal chat assistant and integrations with Amazon.com, Alexa+ and third-party apps. Bee also works with Gmail, Google Calendar and Microsoft Outlook.
Amazon says the devices process audio in real time and then delete it. Conversation transcripts are encrypted with keys controlled by the user’s device, TechCrunch reported, and an indicator light signals when a device is recording or summarizing a conversation.
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