Last Update: April 27, 2023, 02:26 AM IST
Amazon, which announced in March that it was laying off 9,000 workers as part of its second layoff campaign, began notifying some of the affected employees on Wednesday. (file photo)
The company said it would stop supporting Halo services on July 31, and would fully refund purchases of Halo devices made in the past 12 months.
Amazon.com Inc said on Wednesday it is closing its Halo division that sells health and sleep trackers as the technology giant ramps up company-wide layoffs.
The company said it would stop supporting Halo services on July 31, and would fully refund purchases of Halo devices made in the past 12 months.
“We notified affected employees in the US and Canada today,” the company said in a blog post.
The company introduced the original Halo band in 2020, which came as a fitness tracker with a subscription to some health monitoring and analytics services from Amazon. It later released the Halo View and a new version called the Halo Rise, a contactless sleep tracker and smart alarm clock.
Like peers Apple Inc and Alphabet Inc’s Google, Amazon has invested in health-tracking technology for consumers, at times regulatory scrutiny for sensitive information, with the aim of measuring body fat percentage through its fitness wristbands. have to collect.
Amazon, which announced in March that it was laying off 9,000 workers as part of its second layoff campaign, began notifying some of the affected employees on Wednesday.
head of Amazon Web Services and the people experience and technology The team emailed affected employees about the cuts, the company said.
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