Summary
Waymo says teens aged 13–17 can hail fully autonomous rides across 50 square miles of Nashville when linked to a parent or guardian’s account. The company lists trip-status sharing, automatic receipts and specially trained Rider Support agents among the account features.
Waymo said on September 22, 2026, that teens aged 13–17 can begin hailing its fully autonomous rides across 50 square miles of Nashville. A teen account must be linked to a parent or guardian’s account.
The launch gives eligible teens a way to arrange rides for trips such as school, sports and extracurricular activities, while keeping the account connected to an adult. Waymo says teen accounts include trip-status sharing, automatic ride receipts and access to specially trained Rider Support agents.
How the teen accounts work
The Nashville offer is limited by both age and geography: it is for teens aged 13–17 and covers a 50-square-mile service area. Waymo’s announcement does not describe the area’s boundaries, so the stated coverage should not be read as applying to the whole city.
The linked account and trip-status feature provide parents or guardians with information about rides, while automatic receipts record completed trips. Rider Support is another point of contact the company identifies for these accounts. These are account features; the announcement does not describe them as replacing adult responsibility for a teen’s travel.
Waymo presents the service as a way for teens to travel more independently and for parents to spend less time coordinating pickups. Those are the intended practical benefits of this rollout. The company says teen accounts had previously launched in Phoenix before becoming available in Nashville.