On November 12, according to five people familiar with the matter, the US e-commerce is developing a smart glasses for the delivery driver to provide the building inside and outside the building. With the accurate navigation route with the indoor, helping them complete the order distribution smoothly.
知情人士说，如果这一项目能成功，开发出的智能眼镜会在一个小的嵌入式屏幕上为司机提供逐步导航功能，引导他们精确抵达沿途每Step.
This method of navigation helps save a few seconds of time in each delivery, such as guiding the driver to turn left or right after leaving the elevator, bypass the access control, or even even Hide such obstacles such as dogs with strong aggressiveness.
Amazon will deliver millions of parcels a day, and each delivery saves a few seconds, the accumulation is significant.This glasses can also liberate the drivers hands from the handheld GPS, so that you can carry more wraps.
This project highlights Amazons fierce competition in the field of e-commerce in the field of e-commerce in the field of e-commerce in the field of e-commerce
But the person familiar with the matter warns that if Amazons delivery glasses have not achieved the expected effect, or financial or other problems occur, the project may be put on hold or endlessly delay.Sources said they may take a few years to improve the function of the glasses.
When asked about delivery glasses, Amazon spokesman said: "We are constantly innovating and creating a safer and more efficient distribution experience for drivers." Usually do not comment on our product route chart. Suburban warehouse.By doing this, Amazon hopes to reduce dependence on express companies such as UPS and Fedex, further improve the delivery efficiency and reduce costs.
According to statistics, the transportation cost of Amazon in the third quarter increased by 8%to $ 23.5 billion.
The "last mile" in the distribution service is both expensive and complicated, because you need to walk between the communities, prepare more courier, and consume more fuels.It is estimated that a piece of product was delivered from the warehouse to the door of the customers house, and about half of the cost was concentrated in the last mile.
Now Amazon focuses on here.In October this year, the company launched a scanner installed on the top of the delivery truck. It guides the driver to find the parcel corresponding to each distribution destination through the green conservation lamp to save time to read the package label.
People familiar with the matter said that the developed delivery glasses are based on Amazons Echo Frames smart glasses.This smart glasses allow users to listen to audio and use Amazon virtual assistant Alexa to issue instructions.
Sources said that the delivery glasses code -named Amelia rely on a small screen installed on the lens that can take packages as proof of delivery.In September this year, Amazon released a chat robot that has nothing to do with this project for third -party sellers, also called Amelia.
Amazons delivery glasses are still in the development stage.People familiar with the matter said that the company wants to create a battery that can not only work for 8 consecutive hours, but also wears it lightly all day without feeling fatigue, but encounters difficulties.In addition, they said that the complete data of collecting each house, sidewalks, streets, roads, and lanes may take several years.
Amazon said that the delivery driver must visit more than 100 customers each.With the improvement of distribution efficiency, Amazon can ask drivers to transport more packages and visit more families.
People familiar with the matter said that Amazon may face other obstacles, including how to convince thousands of drivers to use this may make people uncomfortable, distract or feel that they do not feel distracted Beautiful glasses, let alone some drivers are already wearing vision correction glasses.
However, people familiar with the matter said that most of Amazons distribution team comes from outsourcing companies, which means that Amazon may use smart glasses as part of the contract terms.
Amazons consumer wearable device Echo Frames sales are not good.Two of the people familiar with the matter said that the latest generation of Echo Frames released by Amazon at the end of last year sold less than 10,000 units.An Amazon spokesman raised these sales data, saying that the actual sales were higher, but did not provide specific numbers.
Two of them said that the embedded screen that is developing will also be used for the next generation of Echo Frames, and it is expected to be released in the second quarter of 2026.(Chen Chen)
