You no longer need your wallet for shopping in this grocery chain
You can already unlock your phone with a face identifier. Now you can pay for the grocery store with your palm!
There is no fear like what you feel when you finally arrive at the payment line tothe grocery storeAnd you realize that you do not have your portfolio.Mobile salary Made things a little easier if it happens, but if you also forgot your phone? If you are in aWhole foods Store, there is no need to worry - you can now pay using your palm.
An entire food location near the Amazon's Seattle headquarters already uses Amazon One technology that allows customers to link a credit card to their palm printing, according toReuters. Innovation is not new - parts of technology are already used at Amazon Books and Go Stores. But this is the first time it is used in a grocery store and seven additional locations in the metropolitan area would be defined to adopt the technology in the coming months. (In touch:This is the best supermarket in America, a new survey indicates)
Amazon faced the criticism of technology without cashier because of its possible impact on jobs by Reuters. Even if you pay with your palm away, an employee will always need to digitize each article, which means that the work will not be affected, the company said at the exit.
The new technology is already used In Amazon Brick-And-Mortar stores, and this is not the only digital aspect of the shopping experience. You will find a question at Alexa Stations, digital price tags,Smart Dash Trolleys, and more as you shop. You have not gone to one? Well,30 others are set to open this year.
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