Amazon gives up on the Glow, its kid-focused video calling device
by Jay Peters from The Verge - All Posts on (#64CPD)
It's no longer available on Amazon's website. | Photo by Jennifer Pattison Tuohy / The Verge Amazon is discontinuing the Amazon Glow, its video calling / interactive gaming device designed to let families interact remotely with each other, as reported by Bloomberg. The device is already unavailable on Amazon's website.
At Amazon we think big, experiment, and invest in new ideas to delight customers," Amazon spokesperson Tim Gillman said in a statement to The Verge. We also continually evaluate the progress and potential of our products to deliver customer value, and we regularly make adjustments based on those assessments. We will be sharing updates and guidance with Glow customers soon." Gillman declined to share further details.
The actual Amazon Glow hardware consisted of a teleconferencing device with a built-in tabletop...