Bee's First New Products Since Joining Amazon: Magnetic Recorder Eclipse and Wristband Frontier Launch Together

Eclipse looks like a chunkier version of a portable charger: a rectangular magnetic patch that sticks to the back of your phone, with a single button and an indicator light in the corner. The difference is it's not meant for charging—it's meant to record the conversations happening around you. This marks the first new hardware Bee has launched since Amazon's acquisition a year ago.

Bee, a startup behind wearable AI note-taking devices, was acquired by Amazon last year. This time, the company is rolling out two new devices at once, along with a subscription plan and new integrations.

Frontier Replaces Pioneer, Adds Waterproofing and New Colors

Bee Frontier is the successor to the previous Pioneer model, positioned the same way as a small module that clips onto a wristband or clip-on accessory, worn on the wrist or attached to clothing or a bag. It retains a single button on the body—one press starts recording and summarizing conversations, while a long press wakes up an AI assistant named Buzz or starts a voice note. An LED light next to the button shows whether the device is listening or charging.

Compared to the $50 Pioneer, which only came in a black band with a yellow band option, Frontier is smaller and lighter, and adds new colors including Lavender, Sage, and Onyx. According to specs published by Amazon, Frontier achieves an IP67 dust and water resistance rating, while the previous-generation Pioneer had no waterproofing at all. Both devices feature dual-microphone noise reduction and an estimated 7-day battery life, with USB-C charging. Frontier is now available on Amazon for $75, while Pioneer has been discontinued and removed from sale.

Eclipse: A Magnetic Recorder Built for Your Phone, With Over 21 Days of Battery Life

Eclipse is Bee's first device not designed to be worn, but rather attached to a phone via magnets. Its body is considerably larger than Frontier's, packing three built-in microphones, with a button and indicator light in the upper left corner. The core functionality is similar to Frontier's: press the button to start recording, and the AI summarizes the conversation while attempting to identify who's speaking. Thanks to its larger size, battery life is extended to what Bee claims is "over 21 days"—triple that of Frontier. Eclipse will come in four colors—Silver, Midnight, Honey, and Blush—priced at $100. Amazon says it's "coming soon," without specifying an exact release date.

Bee emphasizes that Eclipse, like all Bee devices, "doesn't store recordings, and no one can access or share them—every time recording starts, the device prompts users to get consent from whoever they're talking to." The company says its privacy design centers on "a single on/off button and a visible indicator light." That said, given Eclipse's magnetic attachment to phones, it's easy to mistake it for a portable charger rather than a recording device—a problem that may plague the entire product category, with similar offerings already on the market from brands like Pocket, Plaud, Comu, Innaio, Ruune, and Raycon, all facing the same low recognizability issue.

$11.99/Month Pro Subscription Connects to Alexa+ and Amazon's Shopping Cart

Bee is also launching a Pro subscription plan priced at $11.99 per month, offering unlimited recent conversation summaries, to-do suggestions, daily recaps, and conversation templates, with a 30-day free trial for new users. For existing Bee users, founder Maria Zollo told Engadget, "As a thank-you, we're letting them keep what they currently have with Bee exactly as it is"—meaning early adopters' full feature set will remain free forever.

The Pro subscription also unlocks two new integrations. Once linked to an Amazon.com account, Bee can detect items you've mentioned wanting to buy during conversations and surface product suggestions on the Amazon homepage and within the Bee app, as well as automatically generate shopping lists based on conversation content. Once linked to Alexa+, users can ask an Echo or other Alexa device directly about information Bee has recorded—conversation summaries, to-do items, or book recommendations from friends—without opening the phone app. Amazon says both features require users to opt in, and Alexa devices will use voice recognition to confirm the identity of whoever's asking, preventing bystanders or partners from snooping on the information. Additionally, Bee has launched desktop apps for Mac and Windows, allowing Pro users to view summaries and conversation history on their computer and perform additional transcription, with the same functionality as the mobile app.

In a September 24 blog post, Bee introduced a mechanism called "Private Compute," described as "an isolated, secure computing environment that neither Amazon nor Bee itself can access," built on top of the AWS Nitro System and AWS Nitro Trusted Platform Module. The company reiterated that audio is processed into summaries in real time and immediately deleted—never stored—and that users can delete their own transcripts and summaries at any time, with encryption keys created and controlled solely on the device side.