Amazon Halo is dead and wearables will soon be worthless - it's okay to be angry

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Amazon has discontinued the Halo health brand and all products associated with it, TechRadar has confirmed.

If you’ve been looking forward to summer with Halo Bands, Halo Rise Lamps, or Halo View, you might forget. In a blog post on Wednesday (April 26, 2023), Amazon announced that it will end support for all Halo devices on July 31, 2023.The band and its funky lights stop working and become worthless pieces of plastic and metal.Amazon recommends recycling (opens in new tab).

In a statement shared on TechRadar, Amazon wrote:
“We continually evaluate the advancement and potential of our products to deliver value to our customers, and make periodic adjustments based on those evaluations.Recently, on July 31, 2023, Amazon Halo We’ve made the difficult decision to stop supporting , we’re very proud of our invention, and we’ve put a lot of effort into building Halo on behalf of our customers, and our priority is to: Taking care of our customers and supporting our employees.”

It’s an ignominious end to Amazon’s short-lived brand and Halo Band, which was launched during the pandemic. Amazon may be credited with doing things differently. Instead of screens, bands and apps focused on things like body tone and overall fitness.Additionally, Band’s ability to track and report the tone of your voice has certainly caused a bit of buzz. (opens in new tab).

Here’s what the original review said:

Amazon Halo is a clean, minimalist fitness tracker with no screen. All information is sent directly to your phone app. The app has additional optional features like monitoring your tone of voice and tracking your body fat percentage. It’s not very expensive, but requires a subscription service for more than basic tracking.

The last line was nothing without foresight.

A year after launching the original Halo Band, Amazon announced Halo View. The Halo View cost a little more, but added a small his AMOLED screen. Late last year, the Amazon sub-brand added a sleep-focused Halo Rise lamp. It’s an illuminator with a light source that looks like a giant on switch (although I was tracking it when I turned on the biological off or sleep switch). .

As of this writing, all of these products have disappeared from Amazon’s website. You can also buy accessory bands for Halo bands, but what’s the point?

By the way, Amazon is ready to refund all Halo purchases made in the last 12 months. was available only in the application).

Halo Brand Shutdown Likely Related to Wave of Layoffs, Amazon Doesn’t Say So (opens in new tab) A tech giant. But for those who have invested in brands and associate fitness tracking and health management with Halo products, that’s no less pain.

It’s also a bit embarrassing for Halo partners such as US-based fitness club Planet Fitness. (opens in new tab), currently offering a free Halo band when you sign up today. Someone should probably tell them.