The Amazon Halo wearable health monitoring device is riding off into the sunset, and some employees are being laid off.
Amazon introduced Halo, a service that combines a suite of AI-powered health features with the Amazon Halo app and Fitbit-like Amazon Halo Band wearable device, in August 2020.
In a corporate blog post, Amazon said it will stop supporting Amazon Halo effective July 31, 2023, and Halo devices will no longer work as of Aug. 1, 2023. The company will fully refund Halo-related customer purchases made in the preceding 12 months. Google still offers the similar Fitbit personal health tracker device and app, but has scaled back on features such as challenges and open groups.
Source: Chain Store Age
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