Checkout via Smartphone? You Can Now Do it at Walmart in Monroe

And now, a new twist to those self-checkout lanes.

Walmart, the nation's largest retailer, now has an iPhone app that lets you check out via your smartphone. And the process is being used in the Walmart in Monroe.

According to media reports and the Walmart website, the app allows shoppers to use their smartphones to scan the barcode of each purchase, place the product in a cart, and then check out by scanning another barcode at the self-checkout lane. Customers won't have to take their groceries out of their carts until placing them in their vehicles (unless they want to bag them).

It's the only such system used by a retailer.

"We know that our customers are technologically savvy. We understand that they want their experience here to be fast. They want it to be friendly, and we are ready for it," Walmart store manager Katie Wheeler told Fox5 Atlanta.

Scan & Go works within the Walmart app, which soon will be available for Android devices.  It also is being used by several other Walmart locations and around the local area.

For more information on Scan & Go, and locations where it is being used, check the website.

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