Amazon is shutting down Halo, its division of consumer tech and fitness trackers.
As
a result, all Halo products, including the Halo Band, Halo Rise, Halo
View, and accessories, will no longer be supported after July 31.
- Amazon is offering full refunds to customers who purchased a Halo device or accessory band in the past 12 months.
- Additionally, the company is no longer charging subscription fees and will refund all prepaid Halo subscription fees.
- Any remaining data on the Halo health app will be deleted after Aug. 1.
- Amazon has also now pulled the Halo View, Band fitness tracker, and Rise sleep tracker from its e-commerce site.
- The shutdown will result in layoffs of parts of the Halo team, and employees in the U.S. and Canada have already been notified.
- Employees
who are let go will be offered severance payments, transitional health
insurance benefits, and external job placement support, Amazon said.
- In an email,
an Amazon VP said Halo has been facing "significant headwinds"
recently, which include "an increasingly crowded segment and an
uncertain economic environment."
