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title: Amazon is rolling out the delivery drones
description: But do people actually want them?
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# [Amazon is rolling out the delivery drones](https://hs-sbup.thehustle.co/news/07192022-amazon-delivery-drones)

 Written by [Rob Litterst](https://hs-sbup.thehustle.co/news/author/rob-litterst) | Jul 19, 2022 10:17:37 AM

In 2015, Amazon released [a clip](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HLofyzMarLA) showing how it planned to deliver packages via drone.

Seven years later, drone delivery still feels like pie-in-the-sky. But that could change soon.

After announcing a pilot in Lockeford, California, for later this year, Amazon named its [second test location](https://www.cnbc.com/2022/07/15/amazon-to-start-delivering-packages-by-drone-in-texas-later-this-year.html) — College Station, Texas (AKA Aggie country).

#### **So how will it work?**

Amazon will partner with Texas A&M University on the effort, and shoppers in the area will get free drone delivery on thousands of items, per *CNBC*.

To its credit, Walmart has been making deliveries by drone to select regions for some time, with plans to cover [4m households](https://corporate.walmart.com/newsroom/2022/05/24/were-bringing-the-convenience-of-drone-delivery-to-4-million-u-s-households-in-partnership-with-droneup) by year-end.

Videos of these deliveries are pretty entertaining:

- This one shows one drone’s[ loading process](https://www.tiktok.com/@reallifesarah918/video/7117759976730365227?_t=8U5rEN4PIHi&_r=1).
- This clip shows a [botched delivery](https://www.tiktok.com/@jamieygr77/video/7118138798520945966?_t=8U5rE2PL2Z0&_r=1).
- And this one shows what might be the first-ever [rotisserie chicken](https://www.tiktok.com/@reallifesarah918/video/7116567037815557418?_t=8U5raByJWck&_r=1) delivered by drone.

**Despite progress on its drone efforts…**

… Amazon has experienced some setbacks — including a crash that created a 20-acre brush fire in Oregon.

Further, it’s unclear if people actually *want* drone deliveries.

Lockeford residents have [voiced concerns](https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2022/06/20/amazon-delivery-drones-california-cowboy-horses/?utm_content=null&utm_source=Sailthru&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Wednesday%20Email) over privacy, and one even joked that he would use the drones for “target practice.”

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