Alphabet's Wing is expanding drone deliveries to the San Francisco Bay Area—a 'homecoming' to its Mountain View origins—in the coming months. The service will offer groceries, meals, and over-the-counter drugs via the Wing app, building on recent Walmart and DoorDash partnerships.
Wing announced plans Monday to bring its drone delivery service to the San Francisco Bay Area, calling it a return to its roots as a 2012 Google X project tested on the Mountain View campus. Now an independent Alphabet company, Wing has scaled U.S. operations since residential launches in Dallas-Fort Worth in 2022, with over 750,000 deliveries in the U.S. and Australia.
This follows January's Walmart expansion to 150 more stores across Los Angeles, St. Louis, Cincinnati, Miami, and others—aiming for 270 locations and 40 million customers by 2027. Further growth targets Tampa and Orlando. Bay Area details like neighborhoods and timelines are pending, but sign-ups are available on Wing's site.
Drones use a hybrid vertical take-off and fixed-wing design for packages up to 5 pounds within a 6-mile radius, dropping via motorized tether for 10-minute deliveries. Walmart supplies groceries and meds (using store parking), while DoorDash adds food options.
