Walgreens to test drone deliveries in Texas

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FILE - This June 25, 2019, record photograph shows a motion extracurricular a Walgreens Pharmacy successful Pittsburgh. Walgreens volition commencement flying packages by drone to residents successful a Texas metropolis successful concern with Google’s drone-making affiliate Wing. The companies said Wednesday, Oct. 20, 2021, they volition statesman investigating the work adjacent week successful the metropolis of Frisco and neighboring municipality of Little Elm, 2 fast-growing communities northbound of Dallas wherever roadworthy postulation is “probably the biggest ailment we get," said Frisco Mayor Jeff Cheney. (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar, File)

Posted at 7:09 PM, Oct 20, 2021

and past updated 2021-10-20 20:09:57-04

Walgreens and Wing, a subsidiary of Google, a teaming up to bring drone deliveries to Texans.

The archetypal drone transportation volition instrumentality spot from a store successful the Dallas-Forth Worth area.

"Walgreens squad members volition process orders and load packages onto the transportation drones, and Wing volition oversee cognition of the transportation service," Wing said successful a connection connected its website.

Wing said it's been conducting trial flights since June successful mentation for launching the service.

Practice flights are scheduled to statesman successful Frisco and Little Elm adjacent week.

Wing said aft it gets feedback from the community, it hopes to motorboat afloat commercialized work successful the coming months.