Amazon introduces palm scanning technology for buying alcohol
Amazon has launched a “palm-based identification service” that scans your palm to pay for alcohol.
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This was reported by Insider.
Quick age verification
The tech giant has announced that its new Amazon One scanner will be able to identify people based on their palm. It will check a person’s age, so you don’t even need to bring documents.
This change will make buying alcohol in bars more convenient. Amazon’s palm scanners are currently used in Go stores and more than 100 Whole Foods stores in the United States.
What you need to do
Those who want to use the new technology must upload a selfie, photos of the front and back of their ID. According to the report, the company does not store customer IDs.
The idea is to simplify the process of age verification when buying a drink. The scanner analyzes the surface details of a person’s palm and extracts the 21+ message along with the customer’s selfie.
According to the announcement, the company plans to demonstrate the new Amazon One feature at Coors Field, the home field of the Colorado Rockies Major League Baseball team, at the SandLot Brewery and the Silver Bullet Bar at the stadium.
“After hearing feedback from Amazon One customers across the country, we realize they love the convenience: shorter wait times, quick access to buildings and locations, the ability to link their loyalty program memberships, and now an easy way to get beer,” said John McKay, senior director of catering and team development for the baseball team.
Mat Hogan, the owner of Brooklyn’s Irish Haven for the past 12 years, said that the benefits of Amazon One depend on the number of customers.
Irish Haven was a cash-only bar for decades before digital payments were introduced in 2020, so Hogan is hesitant to introduce palm payments and age verification.
Amazon One, according to Hogan, can eliminate the important conversation between a bartender and patrons to determine whether a person has been drinking before visiting his bar.
“You learn a lot about a person in the first 10-20 seconds. When someone presents an ID, information is exchanged. Automation would take that away from me,” Hogan said.
