Amazon.com Inc. said on Wednesday it was shutting down its Halo division that sells health and sleep trackers as the technology giant kicks off wider company layoffs.
The company said it will stop supporting Halo services from July 31, and will fully refund Halo devices purchases made in the preceding 12 months.
“We notified impacted employees in the United States and Canada today,” the company said in a blog post.
The company had introduced the original Halo band in 2020, which came as a fitness tracker along with a subscription to certain health monitoring and analysis services from Amazon. It later released a new version called Halo View and Halo Rise, a contact-less sleep tracker, and smart alarm clock….