Waymo provides Teen accounts for the first time in Phoenix

Waymo opens its Robotaxi service to the younger contestants with the launch of Teen’s accounts in Phoenix. Adolescents between the ages of 14 and 17 can register for a Waymo One account, the company’s Ridehail service. The account will be linked to their father or guardian, but adolescent adolescents will be allowed independently without an adult.

Conditions of the current Waymo service are not accompanied under the age Some parents in San Francisco were already sending their children For a single ride in Waymos for some time. It is a great bet by the company that parents trust their cars without a driver enough to send their children alone for their ride.

In some respects, the step reflects Uber’s decision a few years ago To allow teenagers to start using their service without their parents. As such, there are a number of guarantees in force to allow parents to track their children. Adult customers can use their Waymo One account to invite teenagers to the program, and link their accounts together. Adolescents can also share their location in an actual time with their parents while they are riding. Remote operators will be “specially trained” available for help while riding – and they may even fly in teenage parents if necessary.

Waymo has tested teenagers’ accounts with a selection of cycles for months now, and it is now offering them to the wider Phoenix region. The company did not say whether it was planning to offer the service in its other markets or at it.

Security and Technology Researcher Sleute Jane Manchun Wong He was the first to report In Waymo experiments, published a screenshot of the Late Teen Account page in March. (Wong was also the first to inform the “Tipping” feature for Waymo, and its idea of ​​using clips of internal cameras to train artificial intelligence.) The company also I sent a survey Last year, he asked her clients about what they wanted from adolescent accounts.

The survey has noticed a number of advantages, including the absence of strangers in vehicles, and there is no dispersed driving, and a flexible scheduling. Waymo has also mentioned a number of aesthetic promotions, such as snacks, karaoke, or graphics such as teenagers-although none of these suggestions seem to have been presented to the final product.

Waymo provided a number of supportive quotes from teenagers who were testing the service. With the decrease of teenagers with the driver’s license, the Waymo timing may be particularly mature. Gen Z is likely to be installed public transport, Uber, Lyft, or jumping on an electronic bike or a joint motorcycle compared to the car, as recent studies have shown. Parents, who are increasingly confirming all their children’s obligations, are looking for an additional hand in transportation.

Of course, the risks are also present. Waymo is still struggling from time for some traffic patterns, and sometimes its cars get Benderrs Minor Fender. The company says Proof data Its self -driving cars are better in avoiding accidents and injuries than human drivers. But the younger biagets can be less skilled in moving in certain situations of adults – which makes its operators remotely more important.