In an electronic mail , Amazon notifiedDash Wandowners that it ’s ending supporting for the gadget as of July 21 . What ’s that you say ? You ’ve never heard of the Dash Wand ? Well , that ’s barely surprising .
The first loop of the gadget was introduced back in ye olde day of 2014 . It was a lil baton thing with a barcode scanner and microphone , meaning you could scan your groceries or distinguish the stick to restock up what you were running low on . It got aquiet refresh in 2016 . A class later it was renamed Dash Wand and got wifi , Alexa - compatibility , a 90 - day test of Amazon Fresh , and the ability to straight off grease one’s palms items without manually consume to check out .
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This was the quiet, second-generation refresh.Photo: Mae Anderson/AP Images
A large part of the problem was the Dash Wand was , in a word , stupid . They originally cost $ 50 — or the same price as an Echo Dot . Except you hump , the Echo Dot could add point to your cart as well as answer questions , play music , and forge as a impudent family hub . The wand , meanwhile … was a wand . Amazon eventually tried to give this matter away by frown the price to $ 20 , and bundling it with a$20 recognition for Prime members . Or you know , basically free . It even put the damn thing on cut-rate sale forunder $ 20 . That ’s the equivalent of Amazon implore anyone , literally anyone , to take its unloved contraption to disembarrass up space in its storage warehouse and mask the stench of failure .
If you have a Dash Wand , after July 21 it will just cease ferment . This is n’t the kind of product death where you could still use the gadget , but it wo n’t get updates or new feature film . After July 21 , the wand will be bereft of all functionality . Dead as a doornail . real tocopherol - waste garbage get up space in your drawer , where it was potential accumulate dust . Amazon is presently recommending owner to send in their Dash Wands to itsrecycling computer programme .
Amazonkilled off its Dash button — which also became increasingly ludicrous as sentence went on — last year . But at least the buttons died because customers had shift toward subscriptions and digital automatic reordering options . Plus , Amazon assure existing Dash Button drug user that they could continue using existing button until they crapped out . The wand seems more like something Amazon want to forget ever fall out .
Not to worry Amazon , after today , everyone will .
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