Amazon launches Bee AI listening devices for wrists and phones, starting at $74.99

Amazon introduced two devices on October 15, 2026, that turn everyday conversations into AI-generated notes, reminders and insights. The Bee Frontier wearable is available now for $74.99; the Bee Eclipse phone attachment is coming soon, starting at $99.99. Both extend a system that can connect remembered details to calendars, Alexa+ and shopping recommendations.

When switched on, Bee listens to conversations and processes the audio into text and other useful information. Amazon says it can extract commitments, produce summaries and identify recurring themes that become suggested goals or actions. The intended result is more than a recording to replay: Bee organizes what was said so users can return to a detail or act on a promise.

Those outputs appear in the Bee mobile app or a new desktop app. Amazon offers templates for different settings, including lectures, care plans and brainstorms. The desktop app and conversation templates are among the features reserved for Bee Pro, rather than included with the hardware alone.

A wristband or a magnetic phone attachment

Frontier can be worn on the wrist or clipped to clothing. Amazon lists IP67 water resistance, USB-C charging and up to seven days of battery life. Its two microphones have upgraded noise filtering, which the company says helps it capture relevant speech in places such as crowded restaurants and open offices. That is a company claim, not an independent test of transcription quality.

Eclipse moves the same conversation-processing functions onto a credit-card-sized device that attaches magnetically to the back of a phone. Amazon advertises more than 21 days of battery life on one charge. Unlike Frontier, it has no announced release date beyond “soon.” The two designs offer a choice between wearing the recorder and keeping it attached to a phone.

Frontier also raises the entry price from its $50 predecessor. Amazon acquired Bee in July 2025 for an undisclosed amount, according to CNBC; the new devices update the hardware lineup it bought.

The subscription connects notes to other services

Buying either device provides a basic memory service, but the wider set of app connections requires a recurring payment. Amazon separates the included and paid features this way:

• Included with the device: conversation summaries, recaps and 14-day memory, at no additional cost.
• Bee Pro: $11.99 per month for unlimited recent conversation summaries, suggested to-dos, daily memories, a personal chat assistant, templates, the desktop app and integrations. New customers receive a 30-day free trial.

With connected services such as Gmail, Google Calendar and Microsoft Outlook, Amazon says Bee can surface action items, draft follow-up emails or create calendar invitations after a call or meeting. An Alexa+ connection adds hands-free access: users can ask for a meeting summary, check their to-dos or retrieve the name of a recommended book.

The Amazon.com connection gives remembered conversations a retail use, too. Amazon says items users mention can inform personalized product recommendations on its homepage and in Bee’s apps. This is an optional connection, not simply another format for notes: spoken details can become inputs to shopping suggestions when the user connects the services.

Audio disappears; transcripts remain under user control

Amazon’s privacy explanation distinguishes the original sound from the information extracted from it. The company says audio is processed in real time, then deleted rather than stored. Transcripts and summaries can remain available to the customer, who can delete them at any time. Deleting audio therefore does not mean Bee retains no record of a conversation.

Both devices use what Amazon calls Bee Private Compute, an isolated processing environment that it says prevents anyone, including Amazon, from accessing the data. It says transcripts are encrypted with keys created and controlled by the user’s device. These are Amazon’s descriptions of the safeguards, not independently verified security findings.

A button starts or stops processing, and an LED shows when the device is on. Frontier can also be configured to stop automatically after a chosen period without sound. Amazon says users are prompted to gain permission from call participants each time a recording starts—a prompt to obtain consent, rather than confirmation that everyone has agreed.