I saw drone deliveries launch in Atlanta - how they work and which cities are next

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ZDNET's key takeaways

• Walmart and Wing launched service in the metro Atlanta area.
• Customers can order items from Walmart and have them delivered via Wing drone.
• The drone can carry up to 5 pounds.

It's a bird, it's a plane -- actually, it's a Wing delivery drone, and it's carrying your neighbor's last-minute grocery item from the nearby Walmart. 

Wing, an independent company under Alphabet (Google's parent company), began service in metropolitan Atlanta on Dec. 3, in partnership with Walmart. The metro Atlanta area is the first US metropolitan area to receive service outside of the Dallas-Fort Worth, Texas area, as Wing tries to fly to the front of the ongoing drone delivery service race.

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