Now Sainsbury's is trialling cashier-less shopping tech

(Pocket-lint) - UK supermarket concatenation Sainsbury's is acceptable to proceedings a cashier-less buying experience, utilizing Amazon Go technology.

A "pocket market" successful High Holborn is being tested by Sainsbury's staff, with cameras successful acceptable positions to cheque what shoppers are putting into their baskets.

It calls the customised store SmartShop Pick & Go, with visitors conscionable needing to scan his, her oregon their mobile telephone connected entry.

Bloomberg reports that the store is expected to unfastened to the nationalist from 29 November 2021.

"We regularly proceedings caller and convenient ways for customers to store with america and we’re presently investigating an upgraded mentation of SmartShop with colleagues astatine 1 of our Holborn stores," it said successful a statement.

While the marque is yet to corroborate that it is utilizing Amazon tech to thrust the caller experience, a "person acquainted with the matter" told Bloomberg that it is the main partner.

This volition correspond the archetypal clip Amazon Go systems volition person been utilized extracurricular of the United States. It besides comes soon aft Tesco unveiled its ain cashier-free alternative.

Also based successful Holborn, Tesco GetGo besides uses a telephone login, cameras and artificial quality to alteration shoppers to simply prime their items and beryllium billed automatically.

Writing by Rik Henderson. Originally published connected 16 November 2021.