Amazon to Shut Down Halo Division, Lays off Some Staff

Amazon.com Inc mentioned on Wednesday it was shutting down its Halo division that sells well being and sleep trackers because the expertise big kicks off wider firm layoffs.

The firm mentioned it’s going to cease supporting Halo companies from July 31, and can totally refund Halo units purchases made within the previous 12 months.

“We notified impacted employees in the U.S. and Canada today,” the corporate mentioned in a weblog put up.

The firm had launched the unique Halo band in 2020, which got here as a health tracker together with a subscription to sure well being monitoring and evaluation companies from Amazon. It later launched a brand new model known as Halo View and Halo Rise, a contact-less sleep tracker and good alarm clock.

Like friends Apple Inc and Alphabet Inc’s Google, Amazon has invested in health-tracking expertise for customers, at occasions drawing regulatory scrutiny for delicate data it aimed to gather – like physique fats proportion by way of its health wristband.

Amazon, which in March introduced it was shedding 9,000 employees as a part of its second retrenchment drive, began informing among the affected staff on Wednesday.

Heads of Amazon Web Services and the People Experience and Technology workforce emailed affected employees concerning the cuts, the corporate mentioned.

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