Amazon announces the opening of a grocery supermarket without cash registers and sellers. The first of its kind store of the future Amazon Go work on Monday in Seattle at 2131 7th Ave, Seattle, WA. The novelty in the field of trade will certainly appeal to those who appreciate the time.
To make purchases in an unusual grocery store, you need only select the necessary goods, take them off the shelves, put in a bag and… go away. About long queues you can forget.
How does the new technology, the giant of online trading explains in a press release.
A pass in the store without banks is a smartphone with downloaded app Amazon Go. Once the client was inside, his steps tracing sensors & scanners — elements of the system Just Walk Out. They accurately define what products fall in the basket, and which back on the shelf. Then the value of purchases is added up, and the payment for them is deducted from the account in Amazon.
Free app Amazon Go is available for smartphones running on operating systems iOS and Android in the Apple App Store, Google Play and Amazon Appstore.
Innovative technology developed over 4 years and tested 1 year. The store of the future worked in the experimental mode since December 5, 2016, but so far to visit him could only Amazon employees.
The company reports that was going to open a supermarket in the beginning of 2017, but was forced to postpone due to problems with the recognition of buyers the same build.
The retailer reported that the introduction of Bekasovo system in a newly bought supermarket chain Whole Foods is planned.
