There’s a new $50 “AI wearable” that will record conversations of your choice

The Bee wristband is only used to control a smartphone’s microphone.

After the launch of Humane’s AI Pin and Rabbit’s R1, AI companions became a category full of unfulfilled promises. Both models were released half-baked, filled with bugs and non-working features.

A few more attempts are set to enter the “AI gadgets” market with much simpler concepts. AI Friend, for example, which has yet to be shipped to its first customers, only records everything users say to reference those conversations later.

And as Black Friday sales start, a new company is entering the fray. Bee AI, a startup that raised $7 million this spring, has begun selling its AI wristband, according to CNBC.

The wearable will function via a connection to users' smartphones and record conversations. According to the company’s website, it will transform conversations, tasks, and places, into summaries, personal insights, and reminders.

As the app's co-founder and CEO Maria de Lourdes Zollo previously told Techcrunch, the main focus of its device is the software, the app on a smartphone. The wearable is only used to control the smartphone's microphone.

Users will be able to turn the microphone on by pressing a button on their wristband. An LED light will indicate its status.

Inside the wristband, there will be dual microphones and “advanced noise filtering” for better transcriptions. The company claims that the wristband’s battery, with an unspecified capacity, will last seven days on a single charge.

Zollo told CNBC that the wearable, which understands 40 languages, can also be integrated with healthcare tools and people’s Google and Gmail accounts to help generate personalized summaries and action items.

The wearable costs $50, and those who want better memory or additional capabilities will have to pay a $15 subscription.

The company starts selling the wearable this Friday, with deliveries estimated in around four weeks.