MedCity News April 28, 2023
Katie Adams

Amazon recently announced that it is shuttering its Halo division, a line of wearable health and fitness devices. This marks the third time in about two years that the e-commerce giant has closed one its healthcare businesses — Amazon Care failed last year, and Haven failed in 2021.

If there’s one thing about Amazon, it’s that the company isn’t afraid to try something new and toss it out if the project doesn’t go as planned.

This week, Amazon announced that it is shuttering its Halo division. This is not the first time Amazon has shuttered one of its healthcare divisions. In fact, it’s the third time in about two years — but more on that later.

The Halo division, which...

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Topics: Digital Health, Technology, Wearables
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