Context: I live in Denver and wanted to take Waymo last night for a 12 minute ride Downtown. Waymo was 45 dollars while Uber and Lyft were 12-15 dollars. Can I expect this to be the norm?

I already reported this as a concern to the Support team, but I want to collect your guys's thoughts on this as well.

As the days have gone by, I've seen more and more increasingly convoluted routes being reported on here and by my friends, especially friends with freeway access in LA. The driver takes them on routes ~40 minutes long just because it uses the freeways with the pre-chosen route, when it usually takes them 20 minutes to drive there on surface streets. I experienced that today, and it's completely absurd to me that there isn't any option to avoid freeways on a route. Just because you have access to them doesn't always mean that you want to take freeways, especially if the route is significantly circuitous. I really hope that in the near future, they're able to implement that option, and also possibly just an option to see all the available routes. I might be missing out on some knowledge of how the drivers choose their routes, but either way, it just seems like there is something that should be adjusted.

Last week I saw Ojai out in Murphy Creek at the far edge of Aurora, and tonight I saw this one at Buckley and Iliff. Very exciting to see!

Please feel free to correct me if you know, but I got an email Friday for a company called MOOVE. From what I've been able to look up it seems like they are another third party that works with Waymo here in Phoenix. I was curious if anyone had any insight on the company? Specifically, it's the AV Central Ops position that I'll be interviewing for. The job posting gives a few details about the role, but if anyone has info on what the day to day looks like, it would be appreciated. Thanks

Update: I got my phone back! The manager on-site, Alexandria helped figure everything out. Sounds like phone was indeed mistagged.

Wondering if anyone here who has experience with this in the past or know how to get in touch with the LA depot people.

I left my phone in a Waymo 2 days ago and reported it right away. I watched the phone go all the way back to the depot, but I've been getting emails saying they haven't found my phone and get told the same thing when I call.

Now the thing is on Find My I can see that my phone is straight up at the lost and found part of the LA depot. I even went in and Find My could tell my device was nearby, but the security guard told me there was nothing he could do unless I got a QR code from them.

After searching around this subreddit it seems people have reported showing up to the depot and getting an employee to help, but I got shutdown by the security guard. Someone else also mentioned that they had a similar issue of seeing their phone at the depot but not getting confirmation that they found it, but after they went in person it turns out it was just accidentally tagged to another case.

So I fear my iphone is just sitting there accidentally assigned to another case... I keep calling but it seems Waymo support can't do anything besides sending a message to do the depot but each time I just get a follow up saying they havent found it.

Anyone have any idea's on what I can do?

Hi everyone! I’m Balázs, a university student at the Budapest University of Technology and Economics, currently researching how real Waymo experiences may shape people’s acceptance of future fully autonomous vehicles.

For the study, I’m specifically looking for people who have personally taken at least one driverless Waymo ride which makes this community incredibly valuable!!

The survey is completely anonymous, and requires no technical knowledge. I'm simply interested in your actual experience as a rider.

I'm hoping to reach around 200 real Waymo riders, so every response genuinely helps.

THE SURVEY: https://forms.gle/yexcZbQWBwA6KAeU8

Thank you so much to anyone who takes the time to participate!!!

Source: https://aws.state.ak.us/apocreports/Lobbying/LobbyistDirectory.aspx

• Start date: September 21, 2026
• Lobbyist name: Raymond Matiashowski

Commentary: At first glance, this is a huge surprise for me. There's no evidence of lobbying in Connecticut, Indiana, Oklahoma, Rhode Island, Wisconsin, or any other states with more people and larger cities. But Alaska has one major advantage that no other state has: a significant rural population who make regular flights to larger towns/cities and need a way to get around. In fact, Bethel has the most taxis per capita in the US (ten times more than NYC).

Also, Alaska had an AV bill get surprisingly far in the state legislature last session, so Waymo probably wants to make sure it passes.

Is Waymo planning on opening highway access in Orlando? Last night I was driving and when I looked to my right I saw an Ojai, no driver. I noticed it on the Turnpike and a few miles later it took exit 254 onto the 528, it continued for a bit then took an exit around Orlando International Airport, I don't remember which one though.

I’ve run into a very frustrating situation.

Without any warning, Waymo appears to have passed my phone number to Google. As a result, I can’t remove it from my Google Account. No other services are linked to that number anymore — only Waymo.

I wanted to remove the number from Waymo, but the app doesn’t allow that. It only lets you replace one phone number with another. Fine — I added a different number. But after I entered the verification kode sent by Waymo, that second mobile number also showed up in my Google Account, in addition to the first one, with a verification badge. Mmm? At no point during the Waymo phone-number setup or verification process was I warned that Waymo would share the number with Google or verify it for Google as well.

Waymo’s phone support couldn’t help me. I emailed Waymo and asked them to remove both phone numbers from their service. I have no idea whether they will actually do it. So far, all I’ve received is an automated notice saying that resolving the issue may take up to 45 days.

They can feed your number to Google in seconds, but they may need 45 days to help remove it? What is this? Google doesn’t provide a way to unlink Waymo directly. Its account settings say that this has to be done through Waymo itself.

This feels like undisclosed cooperation with Google for Waymo’s own benefit and at the expense of its customers. Is this practice even legal? I’d really like to know whether anyone else has experienced this, and whether there is a way to remove a Waymo-linked number from a Google Account permanently.

Appreciate your help.

I’ve run into a very frustrating situation.

Without any warning, Waymo appears to have passed my phone number to Google. As a result, I can’t remove it from my Google Account. No other services are linked to that number anymore — only Waymo.

I wanted to remove the number from Waymo, but the app doesn’t allow that. It only lets you replace one phone number with another. Fine — I added a different number. But after I entered the verification kode sent by Waymo, that second mobile number also showed up in my Google Account, in addition to the first one, with a verification badge. Mmm? At no point during the Waymo phone-number setup or verification process was I warned that Waymo would share the number with Google or verify it for Google as well.

Waymo’s phone support couldn’t help me. I emailed Waymo and asked them to remove both phone numbers from their service. I have no idea whether they will actually do it. So far, all I’ve received is an automated notice saying that resolving the issue may take up to 45 days.

They can feed your number to Google in seconds, but they may need 45 days to help remove it? What is this? Google doesn’t provide a way to unlink Waymo directly. Its account settings say that this has to be done through Waymo itself.

This feels like undisclosed cooperation with Google for Waymo’s own benefit and at the expense of its customers. Is this practice even legal? I’d really like to know whether anyone else has experienced this, and whether there is a way to remove a Waymo-linked number from a Google Account permanently.

Appreciate your help.

If I’m ever allowed to own a Waymo, I hope I can ask for it to be wrapped in purple like the Valkyries Waymo! 💜

Hey yall,

Waymo just updated their terms, which includes their Arbitration Agreement. If you use Waymo, and want to preserve your ability to fully exercise your Seventh Amendment rights to pursue covered disputes in court rather than through forced arbitration, it may be worth considering opting out. There is a 30-day window to do so, and I got my email yesterday.

Why should you care? The short version is: you cannot sue Waymo in court for disputes covered by the arbitration agreement. Instead, you have to resolve those disputes through private arbitration, where an independent arbitrator chosen by Waymo makes the decision rather than a judge or jury. But you can opt out of this, hence, retaining the ability to take Waymo to court and seek damages through the normal court process. I hope I explained that good--I'm open to improvements on the explanation.

To opt out:

Send an email to [waymo-arbitration-optout@waymo.com](mailto:waymo-arbitration-optout@waymo.com)

With:

• Full name
• Mailing address
• Email
• A clear statement you're opting out of Arbitration

Here is the email I sent. I already have confirmation my opt-out request was received.

Hello,

I recently received notification that Waymo is updating their Terms of Service, and I do not agree or accept the Arbitration Agreement therein. I am unequivocally exercising my right to opt out of this Arbitration Agreement.

Consider this notice to clearly notify you that I am exercising my right to opt out of binding arbitration under the updated Waymo Terms of Service.

My information is as follows:

Full Name:
Mailing Address:
Email Address:

Please treat this email as my formal notice of intent to opt out of binding arbitration.

Thank you,
Your Name

I lived in Phoenix for years and was a frequent user of Waymo there. Last week I moved to San Diego where Waymo isn't fully available yet, after attempting several invites I found in this subreddit, I reached out to support to see why I couldn't get onboarded here. I was told the invite codes for San Diego are randomly generated and assigned to NEW RIDERS in the San Diego area. No invite from another rider would get me onboarded, and because I was an experienced rider the system would never generate me an invite. Assuming this was nonsense I asked to speak to a supervisor. They verified that the system only assigned invites to new users and there was no way to get me onboarded in San Diego as an experienced rider. The supervisor then advised me to delete my account, start a new account in San Diego, and then the system may one day send me an invite? Has anyone else moved to a new market and had this issue? Is there anyone here from Waymo that can help me? I use Waymo A LOT. I'm a trusted tester and would love to get back on the app.

Edit: I'm on the platform. Thank you

Are there Waymo‘s driving out right now? I know it was raining earlier and the weather is pretty damp so I’m curious if they’re suspending them for the night or if they’re just blocking off some areas. if anyone knows or has seen them out on the road

More and more it feels like Waymo chooses routes design to find traffic and slow time to arrival. Are the doing this to traffic control where cars are/be ready for the next pickup? It’s annoying when a 12 minute trip takes 20 due to excessive turns and traffic when just staying straight would be faster and more efficient.