Amazon is reportedly phasing out its No checkout grocery store According to reports, using “Just Walk Out” technology information Tuesday. The company’s senior vice president of grocery stores said they are abandoning Just Walk Out, which relied on cameras and sensors to track what people were carrying as they left the store.
More than half of Amazon Fresh stores are equipped with Just Walk Out. The technology allows customers to skip checkout entirely by scanning a QR code when entering a store.Although it appears to be completely automated, Just Walk Out relies on more than just 1,000 people in India viewed and tagged the video To ensure accurate checkout. Cashiers are simply moved off-site and they monitor you while you shop.
Amazon is reportedly moving towards sprint car, where a scanner and screen are embedded in your shopping cart, allowing you to check out as you shop. These offer a more reliable solution than Just Walk Out, whose impressive technology was truly ahead of its time.
Amazon did not immediately respond to Gizmodo’s request for comment.
Go out first Launched in 2016, showcasing Amazon’s biggest and boldest innovations in grocery shopping. The technology looks incredible, but it also has some drawbacks. It often takes several hours to receive a receipt after a customer leaves the store, largely because offshore cashiers rewatch the video and assign items to different customers. Scanner and camera systems for each store are also very expensive.
Amazon Fresh, the e-commerce giant’s grocery store, first launched in 2007 and now has more than 40 stores in the United States. The company also owns Whole Foods Market, and many of Amazon Fresh’s experiments are seen as precursors to larger chains.
The company has reportedly retained Just Walk Out technology in a handful of Fresh stores and some Amazon Go convenience stores in the UK. Amazon has also implemented Just Walk Out technology on the following websites: several courses All over the country. It’s unclear whether the technology will be retained at these locations.
Amazon is trying to push further into groceries to develop another multi-billion dollar market. Even though it owns Whole Foods, the e-commerce giant still can’t compete with food giants like Walmart, Costco and Kroger. Amazon’s abandonment of expensive tests like “Just Walk Out” could be a sign that the company is looking to further expand its supermarket business.