Google launches its drone home delivery service for Australians

Google will deliver food and products to Australians for FREE using its drone service Wing – but only for a limited time

  • Google announced it has launched its drone delivery service Wing in Canberra
  • Drones to be used to deliver food and small items to three suburbs of the capital 
  • Wing drone use a rope to lower item to avoid some of the draw backs of drones 

Google has announced that its drone home delivery service will be coming to Australia. 

Tech company Wing, which is owned by Google’s parent company Alphabet, said on Tuesday that it would be delivering food and products to suburbs of Canberra.   

Wing will be rolled out across Franklin, Crace and Palmerston, with plans to add two more suburbs in the next few months.

The service will initially only be available to 100 households and will be free for the first three months.

 

The tech company Wing, owned by Google’s parent company Alphabet, said on Tuesday that it would be delivering food and products to suburbs of Canberra 

Critics have questioned the safety of a drone delivery service amid concerns that drones could crash into people or animals.

But Google previously said it could use rope to lower products rather allowing drones to land, according to Nine Finance. 

The first drone delivery was launched by Amazon in 2013 but it has enjoyed limited success.

Currently, the internet giant is only operating its drone delivery service in parts of the U.S. with trials set to start in the U.K. 

Google said it could use rope to lower products rather allowing drones to land amid safety concerns about drone delivery services

Google said it could use rope to lower products rather allowing drones to land amid safety concerns about drone delivery services 

The biggest drone delivery service to date is run by Silicon Valley company Zipline which supplies Rwanda with medical supplies.

The company have made 12,000 deliveries since 2016 to the African country, where road access is limited.  

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