- Amazon’s Prime Air Drones can now deliver multiple items to its early adoptors
- It includes smartphones, airtags, video derries and more
- Customers also no longer need a QR code to tell the drone where they are going
Amazon’s Prime Air Drone Delivery Service has been available for a few years now, but it has been limited in several important ways. However, things are changing now that the company has just been approved to ferry new categories of goods to customers in the US, including Apple Airtags and some of the best smartphones.
Amazon, who advertised the news, said its Prime Air Service has received a few approval to handle devices such as “Apple iPhones, Samsung Galaxy Mobile Phones, Apple Airtags, Apple AirPods, Ring Doorbells and Alpha Grillers Instant Read Food Thermometers.”
It should give you much more choices when it comes to ordering these items. Amazon says it is aiming to get them in your hands within 60 minutes after the checkout, making it a tempting option if you really urgently need one of the best iPhones right outside the door (an unlikely scenario, but still) or you just can’t wait.
There are a few warnings for the recent changes. First, the item to be delivered to delivery must weigh five pounds or less. For another, you have to be in one of the places covered by Amazon’s drone service, which includes College Station in Texas and the West Valley area of Phoenix, Arizona.
In addition to that, the weather must be suitable for the drone to fly in, and you must choose between one of the 60,000 items available for delivery via drone.
How the primary air ordering process works
Amazon also revealed what Prime Air -Delivery looks like in its shopping app. If you live in an eligible area and order something that weighs below five pounds, you will see a drone delivery option in the Check Out section. You then select a place of delivery at your address which can be set as your default (like a typical ‘secure space’).
Amazon also says it has improved its delivery estimates so it can provide a more accurate delivery window to you – typically exactly to within five minutes. The company will also tell you if your package cannot be delivered and the accompanying ground.
If the process can move on, the drone identifies appropriate delivery areas that are free of obstacles such as buildings, trees and cars. Once it has found a place close to the place where you live, it will fall down to approx. 13 meters, which Amazon says is “low enough to deliver a product safety and safe.” Unlike before, you no longer need to place a QR code at your place of delivery as the drone will automatically know where to stop.
So if you live in the right area and are desperate for a new phone, smart doorbell or set AirPods, Amazon’s Prime Air Service may be what you need – if going to the stores is obviously not an option.
