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Amazon brings its palm-scanning payment tech to Whole Foods

The palm print checkout technology, called Amazon One, will launch at Whole Foods stores in Seattle.

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April 21, 2021 at 2:58 p.m. EDT
Amazon One scans customers palm prints and connects them with a credit card for a payment option at checkout. (Amazon)

SAN FRANCISCO — Amazon is expanding technology to let shoppers pay by scanning their palm print to several Whole Foods stores in Seattle, aiming to push it to a broader group of patrons.

The technology, called Amazon One, works by scanning a palm print and connecting it to a credit card. After that, a shopper holds their palm above a sensor to pay for groceries or books.