Amazon wants you to Bee-lieve wearable AI can recall it all for you
Would you like personalized shopping recommendations based on that conversation you just had?
Amazon aims to provide its users with a personal AI that can be carried around, listening in on their conversations to remind them of crucial details and offer customized shopping suggestions. The company recently acquired Bee, a wearable devices startup, in a deal estimated to be worth $300 million. Bee has developed two new AI-powered products, Bee Frontier and Bee Eclipse, which were previously tested by Duckbill's Chief Cloud Economist, Corey Quinn.
Bee Frontier is a wearable device resembling a fitness tracker or doorbell, while Bee Eclipse is a sleek, lightweight gadget about the size of a credit card that snaps onto the back of a phone magnetically. Both gadgets aim to capture and retain information from your conversations, transforming it into useful summaries, to-dos, and reminders. A single button on each device can turn the listening feature on or off, and a visible indicator lights up when the AI is summarizing the conversation.
When activated, the eavesdropping device collects context from your discussions to provide insights and recommendations. You can access these summaries through a Bee mobile app on iPhone or Android (linked via Bluetooth) or an all-new desktop app. The device can organize memories using templates, such as lectures, or allow you to review the past few days to see what you discussed.
Bee devices are designed to learn about your preferences and habits. Amazon's Alexa+ AI assistant and Amazon.com are now compatible with the new hardware, enabling users to ask Alexa for meeting summaries or receive personalized shopping recommendations based on the device's observations. Amazon claims that the latest Bee products maintain user privacy, as audio is processed into insights in real-time and not stored, while transcripts are encrypted and only accessible to the user.
Bee Frontier boasts IP67 water resistance, a seven-day battery life, and a USB-C charging port. In contrast, Bee Eclipse has a USB-C port and can last more than 21 days on a single charge. Both devices are available in various colors, with Bee Frontier priced at $74.99 and Bee Eclipse at $99.99.
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