Amazon’s new AI wearables can hear it all
Illustration: Morning Brew Inc., Photos: Amazon
Your friends might be tired of your terrible memory, but Amazon wants you just the way you are. Yesterday, the tech company introduced two new AI devices that record and summarize users’ conversations so you can keep track of…everything?
The gizmos are: The $75 Bee Frontier, a wristband available now, and the $100 Bee Eclipse, a magnetic smartphone attachment coming soon.
They join an emerging AI wearables market that’s notorious for a convenience-versus-privacy trade-off:
- When turned on, the new Bee devices act as note-takers—transcribing, summarizing, and creating to-dos. An optional $12 subscription lets users link the gadgets with Amazon.com, Gmail, Google Calendar, Apple Health, and Microsoft Outlook.
- Though the devices have on/off indicator lights, nearby people might not notice: Amazon said that it will prompt users to ask permission before they record (you know, like Meta glasses users definitely always do), and that nobody but the user will be able to access their conversation transcripts, unless the user shares them.
Just in time for the holidays: These are the first new Bee devices since Amazon acquired the startup last year, hoping to plow ahead in the AI gadget race. There’s plenty of competition: In recent weeks, Meta unveiled a pendant for its new Muse agent, and Apple launched a smart home hub and an “always-listening” Apple Watch feature.—ML
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