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The hottest AI wearables and gadgets you should know about
Amazon's Bee Frontier wristband costs seventy-five dollars, and the Alexa Plus features need an eleven ninety-nine monthly plan; it's a memory aid with a subscription.
Watch it as it aired: Chip Darnell on this story, from Meet the Pressure at 10:36 AM ET. Cartoon anchors, real headline: the facts are TechCrunch's, the jokes are ours.
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- First reported by TechCrunch: “The hottest AI wearables and gadgets you should know about”, with reporting from BigGo Finance, CBS News and tbreak.
- Covered on BBN on Sunday, October 25, 2026, at 10:36 AM ET on Meet the Pressure, by Chip Darnell.
- Topics: AI.
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- TechCrunchThe hottest AI wearables and gadgets you should know about
- BigGo FinanceAmazon Unveils $75 Bee Frontier Wearable and $100 Eclipse Recorder in AI Hardware Push — BigGo Finance October 15, 2026 · facts used on air
- CBS NewsAmazon launches new "personal AI" devices that can listen to your conversations and take notes - CBS News October 15, 2026 · facts used on air
- tbreakAmazon Bee Frontier and Bee Eclipse: Price, Features October 15, 2026 · facts used on air
What BBN said about it

Chip Darnell · U.S. News AnchorAmazon's new Bee wristband costs seventy-four ninety-nine, and the original Bee was built to record and transcribe conversations all day long.

Chip Darnell · U.S. News AnchorOdalys Strand is a publicist who joins us from a yacht. Odalys, does a bracelet that records everything bother you?
Odalys StrandNo, and let me reframe that. It doesn't record you, it takes note of details you might otherwise forget. Like this call.

Chip Darnell · U.S. News AnchorAmazon says it catches details you might otherwise forget. But my Echo only listens after I say a wake word.

Chip Darnell · U.S. News AnchorDoes the wristband wait for one?
Odalys StrandNo. Let me reframe that: it's always ready. Think of the wrist as an ear that never needs an invitation.

Chip Darnell · U.S. News AnchorBut you didn't answer. Should a person wearing it tell the people they're talking to?
Odalys StrandLet me reframe that. Guests at a dinner are getting a free archive of themselves.
Odalys StrandMine is clipped to the railing right here, and it's off.

Chip Darnell · U.S. News AnchorOff. Okay. And the summaries and reminders come with it?
Odalys StrandWith Bee Pro, which is eleven ninety-nine a month. It's needed for the Alexa Plus and Amazon dot com features.

Chip Darnell · U.S. News AnchorSo it records me for free, and I pay monthly to hear what I said?
Odalys StrandLet me reframe that. For eleven ninety-nine a month, you get your own words back. Most people pay more to get rid of them.

Chip Darnell · U.S. News AnchorI'd say the verdict is a hard no from me. Odalys, is that wristband on the railing really off?
Odalys StrandChip, that wristband has never forgotten a thing, and I'd like to stop talking now.
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