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title: "Waymo Deploys Ojai Robotaxis with Gemini AI to All Riders in 3 US Cities, Its Most Advanced In-Cabin Experience"
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summary: "Riders in San Francisco, Los Angeles, and Phoenix now have access to Waymo's Ojai robotaxi, a new vehicle equipped with automatic sliding doors and integrated YouTube Music. The fleet provides expanded legroom and represents the company's most advanced in-cabin experience to date. The vehicles integrate Google's Gemini AI assistant via a dedicated in-car screen icon for hands-free control of the cabin and navigation. Passengers can use voice commands to adjust seating and temperature or request recommendations for local destinations such as coffee shops."
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# Waymo Deploys Ojai Robotaxis with Gemini AI to All Riders in 3 US Cities, Its Most Advanced In\-Cabin Experience

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**Published:** 2026-08-21T23:49:27.000Z
**Category:** Products
**Topics:** google, gemini, robotics

## Summary

Riders in San Francisco, Los Angeles, and Phoenix now have access to Waymo's Ojai robotaxi, a new vehicle equipped with automatic sliding doors and integrated YouTube Music\. The fleet provides expanded legroom and represents the company's most advanced in\-cabin experience to date\. The vehicles integrate Google's Gemini AI assistant via a dedicated in\-car screen icon for hands\-free control of the cabin and navigation\. Passengers can use voice commands to adjust seating and temperature or request recommendations for local destinations such as coffee shops\.

## Sources

- [Story source](<https://huggingnews.com/tech/waymo-deploys-ojai-robotaxis-with-gemini-ai-to-all-riders-in-3-us-cities-4dab84fd>)
- [Story source](<https://x.com/Google/status/2090912110205153546>)
- [Story source](<https://x.com/Google/status/2090912112914624897>)
- [Supporting source](<https://x.com/GeminiApp/status/2090901573937537358>)