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Amazon to End Palm-Scan Payments in Retail by June 3 as It Keeps Just Walk Out Without Biometrics

Amazon cites limited adoption, pledging deletion of collected palm data after the shutdown.

Overview

  • Whole Foods and other retail locations will remove or disable Amazon One palm scanners by June 3, 2026.
  • Amazon says it will delete all biometric, contact, and payment data tied to Amazon One once the service ends.
  • Just Walk Out will continue at hundreds of third-party sites with palm scanning disabled, requiring cards or mobile wallets for payment.
  • The shift accompanies the closure of all 72 Amazon Go and Amazon Fresh stores as the company retrenches from experimental physical retail.
  • Amazon One will remain in use for patient check-in at existing healthcare locations, while Just Walk Out recorded 36.7 million items across 17.7 million sessions in the past year.