Amazon introduced Bee Frontier and Bee Eclipse on 15 October 2026, adding a wrist-or-clip wearable and a magnetic phone attachment to its conversation-summarising Bee range. The devices arrive alongside new connections to Alexa+ and Amazon.com, according to Amazon’s announcement. Bee is designed to turn spoken conversations into summaries, reminders, insights and tasks that can be revisited later.
Key points
- Bee Frontier can be worn on the wrist or clipped to clothing; Bee Eclipse attaches magnetically to a phone.
- The devices cost $74.99 and $99.99 respectively.
- Bee Pro costs $11.99 a month and includes the Alexa+ and Amazon.com connections.
- Amazon says Bee processes audio in real time and deletes it, while retaining text that users can review.
Bee Frontier moves between wrist and clothing
Frontier costs $74.99 and Eclipse costs $99.99, TechCrunch reported. The Frontier was available on Amazon on 15 October. It comes with a wristband but can instead be clipped to clothing, giving Bee a way to capture conversations without relying on a phone attachment. Amazon offers the Frontier in Lavender, Sage and Onyx.
Amazon says Frontier has two microphones with noise filtering, an IP67 water-resistance rating, USB-C charging and up to seven days of battery life. The microphones are intended to pick out conversation amid background noise, including in a crowded restaurant or open office. Its button controls when the device processes audio, and an indicator light shows when it is on. Those controls matter for a device meant to accompany ordinary conversations rather than a recording session arranged in advance.
Amazon bought Bee, a San Francisco startup known for an AI-equipped bracelet, in July 2025, CNBC reported. CNBC put the earlier Bee Pioneer’s price at $50. Frontier keeps the wearable arrangement while adding the water-resistance rating that Amazon lists for the new model.
Bee Eclipse puts the microphone on a phone
Eclipse is roughly the size of a credit card and attaches magnetically to the back of a phone. Amazon says it performs the same conversation-summary function as Frontier, with more than 21 days of battery life on a single charge. It has a button to turn audio processing on or off and a light that is visible when it is summarising a conversation. The different shape changes where the device sits, rather than the kind of notes Bee is intended to produce.
Amazon says Bee draws on conversations and, when connected, other apps to produce summaries and recommendations. A conversation can become a list of tasks or a draft follow-up email; the company also says Bee can create calendar invitations based on what was discussed. Summaries are available in its mobile app and a new desktop app. The device captures the sound, while the apps provide a place to review what Bee has made from it.
Bee Pro costs $11.99 a month and includes unlimited conversation summaries and connections to Amazon.com, Alexa+ and third-party applications, TechCrunch reported. The publication said Bee devices can also make conversation summaries and recaps without the subscription, with 14 days of memory. Among the other Pro features it listed are suggested tasks, daily memories and templates for different kinds of conversation.
Alexa+ and Amazon.com extend Bee Pro
Amazon says the Alexa+ connection lets someone ask aloud for Bee summaries, insights and tasks instead of opening an app. The Amazon.com connection is intended to support personalised shopping. Bee can also connect to Gmail, Google Calendar and Microsoft Outlook, which Amazon says lets it prepare follow-up emails and calendar invitations from a conversation. Each connection gives the notes another possible use beyond reading them back.
Planning a holiday could leave a summary of arrival times and restaurants agreed in conversation, if audio processing were switched on. A reminder could then be requested aloud, provided the paid connection were active.
The distinction between sound and saved notes is central to Amazon’s account of Bee. The company says audio is processed as it arrives and then deleted, while transcripts and summaries remain available for review. It says audio is never stored and that people starting a call recording are prompted each time to obtain the other participants’ permission. Deleting the sound therefore does not erase the written account Bee produces from it.
TechCrunch reported that Bee encrypts conversation transcripts using keys created and controlled by the customer’s device. Under that arrangement, the publication said, Amazon employees cannot access those files unless the customer deliberately shares them. Amazon also says customers can delete their transcripts and summaries. These are controls over the retained text as well as the microphone, which remains the point at which a conversation enters the system.
Frontier can also be configured to stop processing audio automatically after a period without sound. Amazon gives five and 15 minutes as examples of the intervals a customer can select.
