Amazon's Halo devices also worked with a Halo subscription service to let users manage health insights from the gadgets. What a wasteother voice assistants, Amazon Alexa, which is used in much more widespread and popular products than Halo devices, has reportedly face-planted in terms of revenue, and Amazon's layoffs were a bad omen for the company's other ventures. "For employees who are impacted by this decision, we are providing packages that include a separation payment, transitional health insurance benefits, and external job placement support," Amazon's blog says