Watch: Amazon Go is the grocery shopping store of the future

Amazon has started (December 5) trialing its new grocery store "Amazon Go" among employees in Seattle using "Just Walk Out" technology, where there are no queues, no cashiers, and no registers.

As a customer enters the store -- which exists for employees-only in Seattle for the moment -- the app's virtual shopping cart records items picked up, even recognizing when an item is put back on a shelf. The app does not require the use of a cart or basket, instead using a system of advanced algorithms and sensors to record selected products. Leaving the store prompts automatic payment, and the app sends the user a receipt for their purchases.

Amazon has not confirmed when or whether Amazon Go might be rolled out elsewhere, although this seems highly likely, but the Seattle store will be open to the public (who have downloaded the app) from early 2017.

Watch the Amazon Go video here: