Amazon’s device post, Bee Frontier and Bee Eclipse, carries a published_time of 15 October 2026 at 11:55 UTC. It introduces two personal AI devices. Bee Frontier is on sale now for $74.99. Bee Eclipse “will be available soon, starting at $99.99.” The page gives no calendar date for Eclipse. TechCrunch, The Verge, and CNBC all date the launch 15 October. Prices below are Amazon’s list prices. Nothing here was handled or timed.
Frontier, on sale now
Amazon calls Frontier a wearable you can put on a wrist or clip to clothing, with an ultra-soft silicone band, in Onyx, Lavender, and Sage. It lists IP67 water resistance, up to seven days of battery life, USB-C charging, and dual microphones with noise filtering. A microphone button controls when the device is processing audio, and a visible indicator light shows when it is on. Amazon says you can set it to turn off if no sound is detected for a period, and gives 5 minutes and 15 minutes as examples.
CNBC rounds the price to $75 and mentions a $50 predecessor. TechCrunch’s headline says “starting at $75”; the body uses $74.99. This account uses Amazon’s $74.99 and Amazon’s color names.
Eclipse, soon, with no date
Amazon describes Eclipse as a slim device about the size of a credit card that attaches magnetically to the back of a phone, with more than 21 days of battery life on a charge. Colors are Silver, Midnight, Honey, and Blush. The price line is “starting at $99.99,” and the timing line is “will be available soon.” No ship date appears on the page.
The Verge says 21 days and “coming soon” at $99.99, in black, pink, yellow, and silver. Amazon’s wording is “more than 21 days” and the color names above. CNBC rounds the price to $100. None of the four pages gives a day.
What is free, and what is Bee Pro
Amazon says a Bee purchase includes conversation summaries, recaps, and 14-day memory at no extra cost. Bee Pro is $11.99 a month: unlimited recent conversation summaries, integrations with Amazon.com and Alexa+, third-party application integrations, suggested to-dos, daily memories, a personal chat assistant, conversation templates, and the Bee desktop application. New Bee customers get 30 days of Bee Pro free. A footnote says some Bee features require Bee Pro.
Above the price section, Amazon says customers can connect Bee to Gmail, Google Calendar, Microsoft Outlook, Apple HealthKit, and photos, ask Alexa for summaries, and see shopping suggestions on Amazon.com. Third-party integrations, Amazon.com, and Alexa+ are also inside the Pro list. The free tier, as written, is summaries, recaps, and 14-day memory. TechCrunch says devices come with a mobile app and a new desktop app, without saying the desktop app needs Pro. Amazon lists the desktop application under Bee Pro. CNBC rounds Pro to $12 a month.
Privacy, as Amazon describes it
Amazon says both devices use “Bee Private Compute,” “a security architecture that processes your conversations inside a secure and isolated processing environment where no one, including Amazon, can access your data.” It says audio is processed into insights in real time and then deleted, and that no audio is stored. It says transcripts are encrypted with keys that only the device creates and controls, and are accessible only to the customer unless the customer shares them. It says a single press turns each device on or off, with an LED when it is on, and that transcripts and summaries can be deleted at any time. If Bee is connected to Alexa, Amazon says the Echo uses voice ID so the insights go to that person.
On consent, the Eclipse section says that, as with all Bee devices, users “are prompted to gain permission from call participants each time a recording is started.” Frontier’s control is the button and the indicator light. CNBC summarizes the on state as “When turned on, Bee devices are always recording.” The Verge says Amazon, in a briefing, said the devices also encrypt summaries and to-dos, and that on setup the model is trained on the owner’s voice while other speakers stay unidentified unless they allow that training. The product page’s encryption bullet names transcripts. The briefing details are The Verge’s account. None of this was independently checked.
Since the acquisition, in the coverage
Amazon’s device post does not say “acquisition.” It calls Bee Pioneer the first device and these two the next step. CNBC writes that this “marks the first update to the Bee lineup since Amazon acquired the startup in July 2025.” TechCrunch calls them “its first new products since being acquired by the retail giant last year.” A TechCrunch report from 22 July 2025 said Amazon confirmed the deal and said it had not yet closed that day. No page opened here gives a closing date.
Frontier at $74.99, on sale now, is the price to use. Eclipse starts at $99.99 with no date beyond “available soon.” Pro is $11.99 a month. Battery life, IP67, and Private Compute remain Amazon’s description.
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