Amazon's Bee wants AI on your wrist or your phone's back

Bee Frontier and Eclipse.Credit: Amazon Published Oct 15, 2026, 1:27 PM EDT Jon is a seasoned journalist who has written definitive coverage of consumer tech at publications like Engadget, Android Authority, and BetaKit. He's an expert on making tech accessible ranging from mobile and PCs to emerging platforms like wearables. When he's not writing, he's going on adventures with ihis family and is an avid photographer. Sign in to your How-To Geek account Amazon acquired Bee over a year ago to get into AI devices, and now it's showing the first results of that deal. Bee is releasing the Frontier wearable and Eclipse phone add-on that provide "personal AI," both of which unsurprisingly tie into Amazon's universe. The Frontier either straps on to your wrist or clips to your clothes, and uses AI to summarize conversations, offer insights, add reminders, and create to-do items. It lasts for up to a week on battery, and has a microphone button to limit recording to those moments when you want them. It can also turn off by itself if it's quiet for a certain period of time. The Eclipse, meanwhile, is Bee's first non-wearable. It attaches to the back of MagSafe-equipped iPhones and Qi2-ready Android phones and offers the same AI summaries and insights as the Frontier. The allure, as you might guess, is having an AI device that doesn't distract from apps or drain your phone's battery — it runs for a claimed three weeks. Both have close tie-ins to Alexa+ and Amazon's website. You can talk to Amazon's AI helper to access your Bee info on your smart speaker, or get Amazon shopping listings for items mentioned during a chat. Amazon maintains that Bee devices encrypt data, won't store audio, and won't share text without your permission. Bee Frontier and Ecllipse: Price and release date An optional subscription is more expensive The Bee Frontier ships today for $75, while the Eclipse is available for $100. The real cost might be the (strictly optional) subscription. Everyone gets summaries, recaps, and two weeks of memory, but you'll need the $11 per month Bee Pro service to get the Alexa+ and Amazon features, unlimited summaries, third-party app integration, a chat assistant, and a desktop app. That could make the devices much more expensive to own. You're paying $132 per year to get features that aren't strictly essential, but are clear reasons to buy the Frontier or Eclipse in the first place. Like the Fitbit Air and Whoop bands, Bee's devices are mainly subscription vehicles. Even so, they could be useful if you regularly attend meetings or simply want to remember important conversations. You won't have to launch an app or carry a wholly separate device. You'll still need something else if you want a general AI assistant, but this is more practical if you're narrowly focused.