{"slug": "amazon-one", "name": "Amazon One", "category": "finance", "category_name": "Finance", "description": "", "recommenders": 3, "commenters": 4, "warners": 0, "score": 2.771, "rising": -0.98, "first": "2026-01-27", "latest": "2026-01-29", "why": "Bummed about Amazon one palm, I use it all the time.", "why_is_quote": true, "has_verdict": false, "sentiment": {"recommend": 3, "neutral": 1, "compare": 0, "warn": 0}, "spark": [0, 0, 3, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0], "listed": true, "loved": [], "caveat": "", "short_quote": "Bummed about Amazon one palm, I use it all the time.", "kind": "", "icon": false, "domain": null, "github_repo": null, "official_url": "https://one.amazon.com", "pricing": "", "aliases": ["Amazon One"], "verdict": null, "praise": [{"label": "", "summary": "", "quotes": [{"id": 748972640, "item_id": 46810790, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46810790", "by": "smoghat", "date": "2026-01-29", "stance": "recommend", "quote": "I much preferred it to phone or watch", "excerpt": "I used Amazon One at my workplace all the time, but I only used it at the self-checkout line since I'd rarely get more than a few items, and the lines are shorter at this crowded neighborhood WF. There, I would scan all my items and use my palm to both log in to Prime and pay. Given that I would be scanning my own items, I much preferred it to phone or watch, as I didn't have to fish them out after scanning. I am sur", "context": "", "use_case": "Palm-based login and payment", "switched_from": "", "story": "Amazone One palm authentication discontinued"}, {"id": 748664656, "item_id": 46791541, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46791541", "by": "voodoo_child", "date": "2026-01-27", "stance": "recommend", "quote": "Bummed about Amazon one palm, I use it all the time.", "excerpt": "Same. Bummed about Amazon one palm, I use it all the time.", "context": "", "use_case": "Palm payment at checkout", "switched_from": "", "story": "Amazon Closing Fresh and Go Stores"}, {"id": 748528096, "item_id": 46783006, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46783006", "by": "mitaphane", "date": "2026-01-27", "stance": "recommend", "quote": "It's convenient;", "excerpt": "I use the one situated in Seattle, Amazon HQ. It's just like self-checkout at a grocery store with fewer steps. The entrance/payment mechanism is Amazon One (a palm scan associated with a payment wallet). At Whole Foods, it's used as an optional payment option at checkout. It's convenient; I only ever remember one problem where it thought I had purchased an item that I picked up and decided on something else. 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There, I would scan all my items and use my palm to both log in to Prime and pay. Given that I would be scanning my own items, I much preferred it to phone or watch, as I didn't have to fish them out after scanning. I am sur", "context": "", "use_case": "Palm-based login and payment", "switched_from": "", "story": "Amazone One palm authentication discontinued"}, {"id": 748782896, "item_id": 46798931, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46798931", "by": "arjie", "date": "2026-01-28", "stance": "neutral", "quote": "The reason why I did the QR code and watch tap thing prior to the palm thing", "excerpt": "I would love that, but it doesn't seem to happen for me if I use the credit card that I have linked to my Amazon Prime membership as the payment method. When I tap it doesn't recognize my Prime membership. Do you have the Amazon Prime credit card perhaps? 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