The acquisition of Bee by Amazon is now official. The news broke on LinkedIn (which now seems to be at least the co-founder’s preferred method of breaking news instead of their Discord, which I’m pretty sure will be updated much later).
It’s been a busy week for this (for now) iOS-first AI Note taking wearable. On August 28, they removed themselves from the Google Play store as “we work through some updates”. Anyone who currently has the Android app is simply shut out of using it. At the start of September, they quietly released a firmware update that features new functionality which now shows a green light when it’s active and recording, it turns off when it’s not. They didn’t change the functionality of the button, just reworded it and made sure you know when it’s actively recording, which is a clear change from the previous firmware.
They updated their privacy & security page to show that they will sell Bee as a “standalone product” and your data will only be shared with Amazon if you authorized it. The two updated pages just reinforced Privacy mentions along with an option to delete your data, warning you that it’s irreversible.
However, reading their privacy page in their FAQ and their website (which was updated Sept 2, 2025) reads very differently, as they may share your data based on certain conditions, which also includes “if we, in good faith, believe doing so is required or appropriate to comply with law enforcement requests, national security requests, or other government requests”. They also put a blank statement for business transfers, meaning your data can be transferred as part of the deal.
No other announcements were made.
If you’re interested in making a backup of your Bee data, I have posted a full tutorial here. If you want an alternative, I made a post about Fieldy and compare it to Bee.
