{"id":232940,"date":"2026-04-15T16:48:10","date_gmt":"2026-04-15T16:48:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/232940\/"},"modified":"2026-04-15T16:48:10","modified_gmt":"2026-04-15T16:48:10","slug":"waymo-opens-it-up-to-everyone-in-orlando-and-miami","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/232940\/","title":{"rendered":"Waymo opens it up to everyone in Orlando and Miami."},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Posted Apr 15, 2026 at 4:00 PM UTC<\/p>\n<p>Waymo opens it up to everyone in Orlando and Miami.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1ymtmqpi _17nnmdy1 _17nnmdy0 _1xwtict1\">The company said today its robotaxis in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theverge.com\/2024\/12\/5\/24313346\/waymo-miami-robotaxi-moove-2026\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">the two<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theverge.com\/transportation\/865145\/waymo-miami-public-riders-waitlist\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Florida<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theverge.com\/transportation\/883276\/waymo-launches-in-new-cities-in-texas-and-florida\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">cities<\/a> would be available to anyone using its ridehail app. Waymo typically invites select riders on a rolling basis before opening up its service to anyone with the app. The company also said it has begun highway testing in Miami, and hopes to offer that to customers soon as well.<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"kqz8fh1\" href=\"https:\/\/platform.theverge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/04\/Screenshot-2026-04-15-at-8.40.48AM.png?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;crop=0,0,100,100\" data-pswp-height=\"814\" data-pswp-width=\"1234\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer nofollow noopener\"><img alt=\"\" data-chromatic=\"ignore\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"fill\" class=\"x271pn0\" style=\"position:absolute;height:100%;width:100%;left:0;top:0;right:0;bottom:0;color:transparent;background-size:cover;background-position:50% 50%;background-repeat:no-repeat;background-image:url(&quot;data:image\/svg+xml;charset=utf-8,%3Csvg xmlns='http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg' %3E%3Cfilter id='b' color-interpolation-filters='sRGB'%3E%3CfeGaussianBlur stdDeviation='20'\/%3E%3CfeColorMatrix values='1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 100 -1' result='s'\/%3E%3CfeFlood x='0' y='0' width='100%25' height='100%25'\/%3E%3CfeComposite operator='out' in='s'\/%3E%3CfeComposite in2='SourceGraphic'\/%3E%3CfeGaussianBlur stdDeviation='20'\/%3E%3C\/filter%3E%3Cimage width='100%25' height='100%25' x='0' y='0' preserveAspectRatio='none' style='filter: url(%23b);' href='data:image\/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAEAAAABCAQAAAC1HAwCAAAAC0lEQVR42mN8+R8AAtcB6oaHtZcAAAAASUVORK5CYII='\/%3E%3C\/svg%3E&quot;)\"   src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Screenshot-2026-04-15-at-8.40.48AM.png\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Image: Waymo<\/p>\n<p>Follow topics and authors from this story to see more like this in your personalized homepage feed and to receive email updates.Andrew J. 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