Amazon’s always-listening Bee wearable can now help you buy stuff
TL;DR
Last year, Amazon bought Bee, a relatively unknown startup with a $50 always-listening AI wearable that summarized every conversation you had. Today, the e-commerce giant is announcing two new Bee devices - and a new subscription to go with them. First is the $74.99 Bee Frontier, an updated version of the original Bee device. And coming soon is the $99.99 Bee Eclipse, a credit-card-shaped gadget that snaps magnetically onto the back of a smartphone.
Nauti's Take
Before a small team puts Bee into meetings, it should map the full data flow: activation, consent, storage, deletion, and access to transcripts. Include the recurring subscription in that test, because a low upfront price can become a permanent cost and control issue in daily use.
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