"After teasing its development last year, Foursquare co-founder Dennis Crowley has now launched BeeBot: an AI-powered social app for iPhones that talks to you about what's happening nearby. In his blog announcement, Crowley says BeeBot behaves like a "personalized radio DJ" that provides location-based audio updates through your headphones, telling you about what friends are up to, local news, and events occurring in the neighborhood as you walk around."
""Audio updates are meant to be short and sweet (a few sentences here and there), tailored to your interests and your social graph, and designed to both inspire and inform you," Crowley says in the announcement. "The vibe we're going for is more 'Waze meets Gossip Girl,' and less 'Wikipedia in your ears.'" While the app is called "BeeBot for AirPods," Crowley says it supports any wired or wireless headphones or Bluetooth-based audio devices, including speakers, car stereos, and wearables like Meta Ray-Ban smart glasses."
BeeBot behaves like a personalized radio DJ, providing location-based audio updates through headphones about nearby friends, local news, and neighborhood events. The audio updates are short and sweet — a few sentences here and there — and tailored to user interests and personal social graphs. Updates are designed to inspire and inform rather than provide encyclopedic detail. The intended vibe blends navigational immediacy with social gossip. BeeBot supports wired and wireless headphones and Bluetooth audio devices, including speakers, car stereos, and wearables such as Meta Ray‑Ban smart glasses. The app runs continuously while users move, delivering concise, contextual social and local information.
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