Waymo opened its fully driverless ride-hailing service to everyone in San Antonio, San Diego and Tampa on Wednesday, Oct. 14, 2026. Riders in all three cities can now download the Waymo app and hail a ride without a waitlist, and the San Antonio launch includes trips to and from San Antonio International Airport, the company said in its own announcement.

Waymo says it has "welcomed hundreds of thousands of riders in these cities since opening our service earlier in the year." It did not give a separate figure for each city or say how many vehicles it runs in them.

What changed in each city

  • San Antonio: Open to all riders, airport included. KSAT and News 4 San Antonio report the service area runs from the King William neighborhood to Wurzbach Parkway, covering downtown, the River Walk, Hemisfair and North Star Mall. Both outlets say Waymo is also bringing its newest vehicle, Ojai, to the city. KSAT notes Waymo paused San Antonio rides earlier this year for software updates, including flood-water detection, and resumed them in September.
  • San Diego: Open to all riders through the Waymo app. Waymo's post didn't list service-area changes.
  • Tampa: Open to all riders through the Waymo app. Waymo's post didn't list service-area changes.

A day earlier, on Oct. 13, Waymo also began rides at Nashville International Airport (BNA), starting with a limited group of riders and pickups at Terminal Garage 2, according to WSMV.

What it means for Tesla

Tampa is now a head-to-head market. Tesla launched unsupervised Robotaxi rides there on July 21, 2026, and Not a Tesla App measured Tesla's Tampa zone at 23.6 square miles on Sept. 29. Tampa riders can now choose between the two apps with no waitlist on either side. Tesla doesn't run Robotaxi rides in San Antonio or San Diego, based on the cities on our Robotaxi tracker.

Airports are the other gap. Waymo now lists San Antonio's airport and has started at Nashville's. Tesla's Bay Area service, which reaches SFO and SJC, still uses a safety driver behind the wheel, and Tesla's Miami launch didn't include terminal pickups at Miami International. Tesla's unsupervised rides run in Austin, Dallas, Houston, Miami, Orlando and Tampa, with Austin the only city using the Cybercab so far (see our look at the Austin numbers), while federal regulators weigh a petition over Robotaxi speeding in school zones.