What is Amazon's new AI device called Bee?

Bee is a wearable AI device from Amazon, designed as a clip-on pin or bracelet for recording conversations and acting as a personal AI companion.

How will Bee work with Amazon Alexa?

Bee is designed to complement Alexa, focusing on 'outside the house' interactions, with future plans for integration to enhance overall customer AI assistance.

What can Bee do for users?

Bee can record lectures, meetings, or conversations, learn user patterns, and provide summaries, insights, and to-do suggestions based on recorded data and connected services.

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Amazon's Bee: Your Pocket AI Companion

13 Jan

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Summary

Amazon's Bee is a wearable AI pin or bracelet designed for recording conversations.
Bee learns from recordings and connected services to act as a personal AI companion.
Amazon aims to integrate Bee's outdoor AI understanding with Alexa's indoor capabilities.

Amazon showcased Bee, a new wearable AI device, at CES 2026, highlighting its potential as a personal AI companion. Designed to be worn as a pin or bracelet, Bee primarily functions to record conversations for later summarization and analysis, extending Amazon's reach beyond the home.

This new AI learns from user recordings and permitted service access, such as Gmail and Google Calendar, to build a personal knowledge graph. Bee is positioned as a complementary product to Alexa, with its co-founder envisioning a future integration of Bee's 'outside the house' understanding with Alexa's 'inside the house' capabilities.

Developed by a San Francisco-based team, Bee is exploring integration with Amazon's AI models and plans to launch new features in 2026. This move signifies Amazon's continued investment in consumer AI, aiming to provide more continuous and integrated AI assistance to users.