# Waymo Driver 6th-gen at Houston — deployment

Canonical ID: `6b1556a8-1072-44f2-aae1-1547f16cb088`

Operator: Waymo (own service, Waymo One app). Waymo announced Houston service in November 2025 (employee-only operations beginning that fall) and launched public/rolling-access service in February 2026, scaling gradually (high-density zones around the Toyota Center and West University).

## Key facts

- **Launched:** Public Feb 2026 (rolling access)

**Trust tier:** Catalog entry · 2 sources · not yet field-verified

_Last updated: 2026-05-26_

- **Slug:** waymo-driver-gen6-houston
- **Status:** active
- **Model:** [Waymo Driver 6th-gen](/models/waymo-driver-gen6.md) — id `c9a56a6c-55d4-40e3-b080-70a6f04e6956`
- **Company:** [Waymo](/companies/waymo.md) — id `2128addc-20c8-4c31-aef5-be5ada97aede`
- **Location:** [Houston](/locations/houston.md) — id `360f0034-a348-409b-b804-fdbf8b23794b`
- **First seen:** 2026-02-24T00:00:00.000Z

## Verification log (0, append-only)

_No verifications recorded._

## Sources (2)

1. **Houston employee-only fall 2025, public early 2026** · https://www.aol.com/news/google-owned-waymo-robotaxis-soon-151502821.html · 2025-11-08
2. **Houston public launch Feb 2026** · https://www.electrive.com/2026/02/25/waymo-launches-robotaxi-service-in-four-additional-us-cities/ · 2026-02-25

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