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Wing Expands Its Drone Delivery Service To the Bay Area (engadget.com)

(Monday March 23, 2026 @06:00PM (BeauHD) from the home-sweet-home dept.)


Wing is [1]expanding its drone delivery service to the San Francisco Bay Area. "The drone delivery startup has been rapidly expanding to metro areas across the US, but is now [2]targeting the tech-friendly Silicon Valley region ," reports Engadget. From the report:

> Going back to its inaugural deliveries, Wing ferried office supplies across Google's Mountain View campus in the Bay Area with its automated drones. It was still a startup out of Google's X, The Moonshot Factory incubator at the time, but early users were already asking for home delivery services, according to Wing. Now, Wing's latest delivery drones can deliver groceries, food, or whatever else fits in a small package weighing up to five pounds in 30 minutes or less to Bay Area residents.

Earlier this year, Wing [3]expanded its service to an additional 150 Walmart stores across the U.S. Service began recently in Atlanta and Charlotte, and it's coming soon to Los Angeles, Houston, Cincinnati, St. Louis, Miami and other major U.S. cities to be announced later. "By 2027, Walmart and Wing say they'll have a network of more than 270 drone delivery locations nationwide."



[1] https://wing.com/news/wing-drone-delivery-bay-area

[2] https://www.engadget.com/transportation/wing-expands-its-drone-delivery-service-to-the-bay-area-175748410.html

[3] https://tech.slashdot.org/story/26/01/11/1953234/walmart-announces-drone-delivery-integration-with-googles-ai-chatbot-gemini



Much of Bay Area Airspace Not Zoned for Drones (Score:2)

by BrendaEM ( 871664 )

So, was the FAA just saving the airspace for commercial interests only?

Re: (Score:2)

by OrangeTide ( 124937 )

It's almost like we live in a country where money buys political influence. But that can't be because this is a free country built on equality and principles of democracy.

It will flop (Score:2)

by backslashdot ( 95548 )

City people are stupid and will get stuff like this banned. They should have done drone delivery first to rural areas, where it's actually needed. After that they can expand to small towns, medium and then big city. Deploying this city-first will flop. City people don't want new technology, not unless it's marketed with some fear like delivery drivers eat your food or something like that.

Re: (Score:2)

by Locke2005 ( 849178 )

"Grab your shotgun, Cletus, we're gonna hunt us some drones!"

I just can't wait for the golden age of drone piracy to begin!

Re: (Score:2)

by Ogive17 ( 691899 )

> Deploying this city-first will flop. City people don't want new technology, not unless it's marketed with some fear like delivery drivers eat your food or something like that.

Yes - rural communities are known for being early adopters of technology.

Re: (Score:2)

by OrangeTide ( 124937 )

Rural drones where there are potentially 100 customers in your service area versus a metro of a million people and perhaps 5,000 potential customers per service area (6,436 people per sq mi in San Jose)

Product returns (Score:2)

by evanh ( 627108 )

Buying stuff online is pretty hit and miss. If the service could handle product returns for anything deemed unfit/unsuited then that would make it a proper shopping replacement.

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