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Houston just got a little more futuristic, and thankfully not in a flying cars kind of way. Walmart has officially launched drone delivery in the greater Houston area, partnering once again with Wing, Alphabet’s drone delivery company, to bring groceries and household essentials straight from the sky to customers’ homes in about 30 minutes.
This marks Walmart’s first drone delivery expansion of 2026 and Houston becomes the second Texas city to get the service, following an earlier rollout in the Dallas area back in 2022. If everything goes according to plan, this is just the beginning of a much larger national push, as The Houston Chronicle reports.
Five Walmart stores, hundreds of flying couriers
Wing’s drones are now operating from five Walmart Supercenters across the Houston region, including two locations in Katy, one in Crosby, one in Kemah, and one in northwest Houston, where a ribbon cutting ceremony officially kicked things off.
Each drone can fly up to six miles from its home store, although Wing does not force them into rigid straight line routes. These aircraft are lightweight, electric, and designed for short, fast hops rather than long endurance flights. Think surgical delivery, not marathon endurance…