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Amazon One Introduces Palm-Scanner Payments With a 'Wave of the Hand'
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For Amazon, shopping can't go fast enough.
The company debuted Amazon One on Tuesday — which links a user's palm print to stored credit card data, allowing checkout-free transactions inside Go stores by simply placing one's hand above a sensor — according to a press release shared on Amazon's website.
Typically, store shoppers use a code on their smartphone to open electronic gates inside Amazon Go stores, but this new feature adds a personal touch of unprecedented levels.
At first, the new feature will go live at two Amazon Go stores in Seattle, with parallel upgrades coming other Amazon Go stores in the near future — including sites in Seattle, New York, Chicago, and San Francisco. Amazon also aims to bring the feature to other retailers — like stadiums and offices, CNN reports.