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Amazon Delivery Glasses Now Warn Drivers About Dogs

Amazon is putting 5,000 smart glasses on delivery drivers this year. A paw-print icon appears when a pet may be present. The dog has not been told.

By , Supply Chain Correspondent SEATTLE · · 2 min read

Based on real news: Amazon deploys thousands of smart glasses to delivery drivers (Supply Chain Dive)

Illustration of a pair of white smart glasses on a pink background, with a single purple paw print glowing in the left lens. A small dog-shaped shadow waits in the corner, unbothered.
The paw-print icon, as seen from the porch side. Illustration: The Daily SKU

SEATTLE—Amazon plans to put 5,000 smart delivery glasses on its drivers this year and more than 20,000 by the end of 2027, Supply Chain Dive reported. The glasses show navigation, gate codes and drop-off preferences in the driver's field of view once the van is parked. When data suggests a pet may be present, a paw-print icon appears with an audio alert.

The paw print is the part drivers mention first. The dog has not been informed of the program.

Amazon says the glasses are optional, that images are anonymized with faces and license plates blurred, and that they do not record video or audio. Hundreds of drivers for more than 300 delivery service partners have used them since last year. Feedback moved the battery from the frames to a controller in the vest.

Field results, fictional, are clear. Average time from van door to porch fell 11 seconds. Average time from porch to van door, after the paw print, fell 19.

"The icon is accurate," said Trent Okonkwo-Hale, a fictional driver in Tacoma with four months on the glasses. "Last week it showed a paw print at a duplex. I walked up. There was a paw print. Then there was the rest of the dog."

Illustration of a vintage delivery truck with a pink stripe
Illustration: The Daily SKU

Last week it showed a paw print at a duplex. I walked up. There was a paw print. Then there was the rest of the dog.

A fictional pilot now under review adds a second icon for porches with a ring camera and a homeowner already standing behind the door. A third icon, for a package that has been delivered to the correct house but the wrong expectations, is in development.

I measured the walk. Van to porch at a test house in Kent: 41 steps, 3.2 pallets end to end. Paw print appeared at step 30. Steps 31 to 41 were taken at a different speed.

Container DSKU 401177-3. Day 940. Checked at 5:36 a.m., one minute earlier than yesterday. In transit. No paw print.

At press time the glasses had flagged a pet at 14 addresses in Kent. Three had dogs. Eleven had a cat, which the glasses described as "present, technically."

Gus Ternberg covers supply chain and is still tracking Container DSKU 401177-3. Status: in transit.

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