If you haven’t heard about the Amazon dash button yet we’re glad you quit watching cat videos and have joined us. Just to get you up to speed: the Amazon dash button is a small wireless… ...

R.I.P., Dash button, we hardly knew you. Or needed you, for that matter. The Amazon.com (NASDAQ: AMZN) device that allowed you to reorder individual.

Amazon said Thursday it will turn off the capabilities of all its Dash buttons worldwide on Aug. 31. This decision follows Amazon's move in February to stop selling new buttons.

Amazon’s now-defunct Dash buttons — small, Wi-Fi connected pods with a single button on them that would reorder a specific product — were meant to change that when they were introduced in 2015.

In-depth Amazon coverage from the tech giant’s hometown, including e-commerce, AWS, Amazon Prime, Alexa, logistics, devices, and more. Image via Amazon Amazon’s Dash Buttons are there to make ...

Dash Buttons are also not the first product from Amazon to embrace this idea. Prior to this there was another Dash stick , one that works with Amazon’s grocery delivery service in Manhattan.

Amazon's miniature shopping gadget looks fun and easy to use, but the question still lingers for some: What is an Amazon Dash Button? Here, we break down how it works and the benefits to owning one.

Currently the Dash buttons are being sent only to Amazon Prime members who request them, and then by invitation only. Contributing: Mike Snider in Washington, D.C. Featured Weekly Ad.

Amazon introduced a product on Tuesday so crazy we thought that it was an early April Fools' joke. It's the Dash Button, a plastic single-function controller the size of a pack of gum. Each button ...

Amazon Dash buttons are tiny internet-connected buttons that you can put anywhere in your house and tap to order re-fills of items you regularly purchase. First unveiled earlier this year, Amazon ...

While the Dash Button sounds like an April Fool’s Joke, it’s actually part of a long-standing Amazon initiative to make it stupid simple for you to spend money more seamlessly.

Amazon Dash buttons were the ultimate single purpose networked device; it really can’t get much simpler than a push button that sends a single message to a fixed endpoint.