The Waymo Driver safely navigates the streets of San Francisco with pedestrians seen walking at a crosswalk and across a one-way road

Meet Waymo.
Designed with SF at heart.

With millions of miles of testing and feedback from local riders, we’ve designed the Waymo Driver for a city that we are proud to call home.

Select public riders can use our autonomous ride-hailing service to get around parts of San Francisco. Download the Waymo One app today to join the waitlist and be one of the first to experience fully autonomous rides in our all-electric, Jaguar I-PACE vehicles with just the tap of a button.

The Waymo Driver is our autonomous driving technology with unmatched experience and safety at its heart

The Waymo Driver has over 20 million miles of real-world driving experience through countless situations - the equivalent of driving to the Moon and back 40 times

We follow a rigorous safety framework that combines multiple methods that help verify and validate our safety readiness and meet applicable laws and regulations.

We’ve tested for over a decade in more than ten states, and today we are safely operating a fully autonomous, publicly available ride-hailing service in Metro Phoenix - the latest step in safely bringing this technology to more people and places

United States map highlighting where Waymo operates

The fact that Waymo provides convenience, prioritizes safety, and is committed to sustainability makes it by far my favorite mode of transportation.

Learn why Eva chooses Waymo One

Eva, San Francisco

Our pop-up booth at this season’s Stern Grove Festival

Our Sensor Fusion exhibit developed with and for the Exploratorium

We were the proud sponsor and pace car for this year’s San Francisco Marathon

We’re building a safer Driver for everyone

We are proud to lead Let's Talk Autonomous Driving - a public education initiative with a diverse set of partners who share the belief that autonomous driving technology can save lives, improve independence, and create new mobility options.

How do I sign up to ride in SF?
What safety measures do you employ?
Is it safe to be near the lidar sensors on your vehicles?
What is the climate impact of your vehicles?
Where do you operate locally?
Can your cars be hacked?
Can your cars be hacked?
Protection against hacking is a key priority, which is why we have multiple layers of security designed to prevent unauthorized sources from accessing our autonomous driving system. Steering, braking, and controllers are isolated from outside communication. The onboard computer that maintains responsibility for the driving task at all times is shielded from wireless networks. When our vehicles communicate with our fleet response team, all cellular connections are encrypted. And we’re constantly evolving our technology to help ensure we have secure protections.
How do your cars know how to share the road with cyclists?
How do your cars know how to share the road with cyclists?
Many of us are cyclists ourselves, and our personal experiences on the road help shape our engineering and product decisions. We also work with local bicycle coalitions to make sure our testing and validation procedures account for a diverse range of scenarios. Our vehicles are equipped with a combination of sensors designed to see 360 degrees around the vehicle, day and night, and our vision system can identify details like pedestrians and stop signs up to 500 meters away. Vehicles driven by the Waymo Driver all share the same behavior — safe, courteous, reliable — which removes a lot of the uncertainty for those around them. Making sure all road users feel safe is a top priority for us.
What do you do with the camera footage you collect?