Alphabet’s Wing drones will soon be delivering DoorDash orders in Australia
by Mitchell Clark from The Verge - All Posts on (#65KVX)
Need a box of bandaids? Get it from a drone. | Image: Google Wing - a company from Google's parent organization, Alphabet - is integrating its drone deliveries into another service for the first time, with some DoorDash users getting the ability to order grocery essentials and snacks to be dropped from the sky. The companies are launching a pilot (haha) program where users in certain Australian neighborhoods will be able to have some DoorDash orders delivered not by a person driving a car or riding a bike but by a drone.
The test, which is launching this week, will be available to a small number of households" in select suburbs" of Logan, a town near Brisbane, Queensland, and there are plans to roll it out to more people over the next few months. If you're lucky enough to be in that area,...