Uber users in Austin are with Waymo Robotaxis

Uber users in Austin now have a choice between Robotaxi Waymo and the human driver.

On Tuesday, the two companies officially launched the “Waymo On Uber” Robotaxi service in Austin as part of a partnership that has deepened in recent months. The launch comes a few days before the launch of SXSW, the annual conference on technology, music, films and comedy, in Austin.

Starting today, Uber users who wear a trip with Robotaxi Waymo may be matching. Users will continue to choose a car driven by a person, not robotics, According to Uber. Both options will be priced as it is.

Uber customers who want to enhance their chances of getting a match with Waymo can choose through the “Paragraph preferences” section of their Uber application under “Settings”.

Uber and Waymo did not reveal the number of robots in the Austin fleet.

Companies have shared Waymo AVS fleet, and will grow into hundreds of vehicles throughout Austin and Atlanta over the next few years.

Waymo and Uber, which was once bitter competitors, have been on more friendly conditions in recent years. Independent Waymo compounds were available on Uber app in Phoenix Since October 2023, the two companies The partnership expanded Last year, with plans to launch the Robotaxi more exclusive “Waymo On Uber” service in Austin and Atlanta in 2025 ((not yet Atlanta was launched).

The “Waymo On Uber” service expects how each company imagines its role in making emerging independent vehicles.

Under this arrangement, Waymo will be responsible for testing vehicles, road assistance, and certain aspects of the contestants’ support. Uber will manage fleet services such as vehicle cleaning, maintenance, inspection, shipping and warehouse operations through a company called Moove Cars, which re -name AVOMO. In 2021, Uber acquired a 30 % minority interest in European Moove Cars – it should not be wrong with Moove, which is by chance Fleet management in Waymo in Phoenix.

Until 2020, Uber was developing its own auto car technology through Uber ATG works. After many differences, including a lawsuit with Waymo and a fatal accident that includes an independent test vehicle, the riding company has stripped Uber Atg in A. A complex deal With Aurora.

Uber ultimately settle that it Lawsuits With waymo; After a few years, the two companies will meet more friendly conditions.

Uber spent the past two years increasing its position in Robotaxi market By locking in partnerships with companies like Waymo.

Uber has a partnership with 14 self-governing compound companies covering horse riding, delivery and activist-a handful of them commercially. In December, Uber launched a Robotaxi ride with Weide in Abu Dhabi. The company also has commercial deals with robot companies on the sidewalk AvrideCartken, and advanced robots