Bee

Name: Bee
Brand: Bee

The cheap one, and the long-battery one. Now a limb of Amazon.

At a glance

Price$49.99cheapest in the field

Who owns itAmazon

StatusAmazon-owned

Open sourceNoclosed; folded into Alexa

SubscriptionNo compulsory plan

BatteryAbout a week — roughly 160 hours

Worn asClip-on pin or wristband

What it does

Listen ambiently with no button and no wake word
Run about a week on a charge — far and away the best here
Build running summaries, reminders and to-dos
Connect to Gmail, Calendar, contacts and health data
Cost a quarter of what Omi or Plaud do

What it doesn’t

Belong to an independent company any more
Keep your day out of Amazon’s hands
Offer any self-hosting or open code
Give you the raw audio in any meaningful sense

Is it open source?

No

Closed, and now inside Amazon — acquired 22 July 2025, team absorbed, shown at CES 2026 as part of the Alexa and Echo roadmap. Whatever you think of Amazon, understand what the trade is: you are getting the cheapest hardware and the longest battery in the category in exchange for handing a continuous record of your life to a company whose business is knowing about you.

Against the Limitless Pendant

How it compares to the one you’re losing.

On raw specification it beats the Limitless Pendant on price by a mile and on battery by about seven times, which for anyone caring for another person is not a small thing — a week between charges solves a real problem. On ownership it repeats exactly the mistake you have just lived through, only with a larger acquirer. If the reason you are reading this is that a company sold your memories, buying Bee is a strange conclusion to draw.

Who it’s for

People who want ambient capture cheaply, don’t mind Amazon, and value a week of battery over everything else.

Not for: Anyone whose objection to Limitless was the ownership rather than the price.

Not sure this is the right one

We’ll tell you honestly, even when it isn’t us.

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Maker’s own site: www.bee.computer