Amazon Halo
Amazon's fitness band analysed activity, body composition and even tone of voice, then the entire health platform disappeared with customer refunds.
Quick facts
- Existence state
- Officially Gone
- Peak stage
- general availability
- Research confidence
- high
- Last verified
What it was
A subscription health and fitness platform built around Halo wearable devices and a mobile app.
A subscription health and fitness platform built around Halo wearable devices and a mobile app. Halo tracked activity and sleep and added controversial features that estimated body fat from photographs and vocal tone from microphone samples.
Existence timeline
Amazon opens early access to its screenless fitness band and subscription.
Additional movement and nutrition features join activity and sleep tracking.
Amazon broadens the ecosystem with a screened band and bedside tracker.
Amazon says Halo devices and services will end in July.
Supported devices and the subscription service stop functioning normally.
Why it ended
Amazon ended device support and the Halo subscription on 31 July 2023, refunded recent purchases and directed users to download or delete data.
Last confirmed trace
Unsupported bands, exported health data, reviews and privacy analyses preserve the platform; its core app services are unavailable.
What it left behind
Halo remains a compact case study in how quickly intimate health data and specialised wearables can become stranded when a platform exits the market.
How we classified it
The archive unit reached normal public release or operation and is no longer obtainable in its original public form.
Verified normal public availability maps to 100 under Arrival Score V1.
Sources & verification
Last reviewed 2026-08-01. Sources are linked so readers can inspect the evidence directly.