Amazon officially discontinued the Amazon Halo fitness tracker, making it a discontinued product that no longer functions. The entire Amazon Halo line, including the Halo Band, Halo View, and Halo Rise, ceased to operate as of August 1, 2023, following the July 31, 2023 discontinuation date, with Amazon issuing refunds for recent purchases and deleting all remaining user health data.
What happened to the Amazon halo discontinued tracker?
The Amazon Halo line was officially discontinued on July 31, 2023, and all devices and the companion app stopped functioning on August 1, 2023. Amazon issued full refunds for Halo devices and accessories purchased within the 12 months before the April 26, 2023, announcement, and also refunded any unused prepaid subscription fees. All remaining health data stored by Amazon was deleted after the shutdown date, though users had the option to download or delete their data from the app's Settings page before that cutoff.
What was the Amazon Halo band?
The Amazon Halo Band was a screenless fitness tracker introduced on August 27, 2020, as part of a new health service from Amazon. Its hardware was designed to be distraction-free, featuring an accelerometer, temperature sensor, heart rate monitor, two microphones, an LED indicator light, and a physical button to turn the microphones on and off. Unlike smartwatches, it had no display, GPS, Wi-Fi, or cellular radio, positioning it purely as a wellness tool rather than a multifunctional wearable. The device is now a past product that no longer functions.
Amazon Halo's core features: a retrospective
The Halo service combined several AI-powered features that set it apart from other fitness trackers. The Tone feature used machine learning to analyze the energy and positivity in a user's voice, including pitch, intensity, tempo, and rhythm, to help them understand how they might sound to others. Amazon stated that Tone was opt-in, processed speech samples locally on the phone, and deleted them after processing, with samples never sent to the cloud. The Body feature utilized computer vision and machine learning via a smartphone camera to measure body fat percentage and create a personalized 3D model, which Amazon claimed was as accurate as methods doctors use. A Movement Health feature, introduced in June 2021, used phone cameras and AI to analyze body flexibility through a series of test exercises, providing a score and personalized exercise programs. Standard tracking included physical activity, sleep monitoring with a sleep score, and heart rate monitoring, all of which are now inaccessible since the service shut down.
The Halo View and Halo Rise
Amazon later expanded the Halo family with two additional devices. The Halo View, introduced in September 2021, included an AMOLED color display for at-a-glance access to health metrics. The Halo Rise was a dedicated sleep tracker. Both devices were also discontinued and ceased to function alongside the original Halo Band on August 1, 2023.
Amazon Halo pricing and subscription model
The original Amazon Halo Band cost $99, and that initial investment already included a six-month subscription to accompanying data analytics. Most advanced features, including Body, Tone, and Labs, required an Amazon Halo membership, which cost $3.99 per month after an initial free period. Basic tracking, steps, sleep time, and heart rate, was available without a subscription, but the full suite of AI-powered tools was locked behind the monthly fee. With the discontinuation, all subscriptions have been canceled and unused prepaid fees refunded.
What to do with your Amazon Halo device now
If you still have an Amazon Halo Band, Halo View, or Halo Rise, the hardware is now non-functional e-waste. The option to download or delete your health data from the app's Settings page has now passed, as all remaining data was deleted after August 1, 2023. The devices no longer connect to any service and cannot be repurposed, so the only practical step is to recycle them through an appropriate electronics recycling program.
