"Co-founder of Bee, Maria de Lourdes Zollo, says the company has shipped four major updates that will run on the existing Bee Pioneer hardware. The first is "Actions," which connects Bee to a user's email and calendar and works to turn spoken commitments into actions. The company says that when you say you need to send an e-mail, for instance, Bee can draft one for you."
""Daily Insights" is designed to identify patterns and trends based on information collected over weeks or months. The company says the goal of this feature is to notice things before a user might, including "shifts in your relationships" and recommend personalized goals related to these, like a life coach of sorts. "Voice Notes" lets a user press the record button on Bee and log a fleeting thought, a task for a to-do list or anything else that a user wants to recall later."
"Most of these features would presumably be more useful if a user sets their Bee to record constantly, which raises questions around legality and privacy. Zollo says that Bee processes audio in real time so no audio is ever stored, adding that neither Bee nor Amazon ever have access to transcripts. Still, the wearable could come up against recording consent laws which vary by jurisdiction."
Bee introduced four major features for existing Bee Pioneer hardware: Actions, Daily Insights, Voice Notes, and Templates. The device runs in the background, capturing conversations or spoken thoughts, with recording toggled by a button. Actions links email and calendar to convert spoken commitments into drafts or tasks. Daily Insights analyzes patterns over weeks or months to notice relationship shifts and recommend personalized goals. Voice Notes records fleeting ideas and tasks for later recall. Templates organizes and summarizes large amounts of information, producing study plans or meeting recaps. Audio is processed in real time so no audio is stored and transcripts are not accessible to Bee or Amazon. Recording consent laws vary by jurisdiction and could limit use.
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