Amazon launches two new portable AI listening devices - CTV News

Published: October 15, 2026 at 3:47p.m. EDTSAN FRANCISCO — Amazon unveiled two new devices on Thursday for listening to and recording people’s information throughout the day to offer calendar reminders and other AI-driven insights under the Bee brand it acquired last year. Frontier is a bracelet and Eclipse is a brick that resembles a portable magnetic charger. Users attach the Eclipse to their smartphones. The devices aggregate information from calendars, apps and other data throughout the day, Amazon said. The Frontier bracelet costs US$75 and the Eclipse US$100, Amazon said. “They listen to your whole day,” said Amazon devices chief Panos Panay at the TechCrunch Disrupt conference in San Francisco. “It reminds you of the conversations you had, it reminds you of to-dos that you may have had, it tells you that you have some action items that you committed to other people.”Users control privacy: Amazon He said that because the devices are always listening when turned on, users do not have to make reminders for themselves and “can stay more present” throughout the day.

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