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Amazon will remove its “Just Walk Out” technology at Amazon Fresh grocery stores in the U.S., which charged shoppers automatically without a cashier.

Amazon Fresh stores will instead use Dash Carts, which allows customers to use their carts to scan items while shopping, according to a company spokesperson. The Dash Cart technology, which is already used in some Fresh stores, doesn’t require shoppers to interact with a cashier. 

There are currently 44 Amazon Fresh stores in the U.S., 27 of which use the “Just Walk Out” technology, the company said. The decision to remove the technology was earlier reported by the Information.

It will still be used at the convenience-store style Amazon Go locations, as well as at smaller Amazon Fresh stores in the U.K. and some third-party retailers. 

Amazon also said it would install self-checkout kiosks and continue to offer assisted checkout. 

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