WEBVTT - Amazon Offers In Car Delivery

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<v Speaker 1>Amazon can now deliver packages to your car's trunk.

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<v Speaker 2>Amrich damiro This is Rich on Tech Daily.

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<v Speaker 1>Amazon is expanding its Amazon Key program. Previously, they were

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<v Speaker 1>able to open your front door and leave a package inside.

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<v Speaker 1>Now they can open your car's trunk and leave a

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<v Speaker 1>package in there. Amazon says the new service is live

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<v Speaker 1>in thirty seven cities around the nation, including Los Angeles.

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<v Speaker 1>But there are some caveats. Let me explain how this

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<v Speaker 1>all works for starters. You have to sign up for

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<v Speaker 1>the program, but you don't need any extra hardware for

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<v Speaker 1>your car. I'll explain that in a moment. You place

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<v Speaker 1>your Amazon order as usual. Then at checkout you choose

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<v Speaker 1>the in car delivery option. Amazon's going to give you

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<v Speaker 1>a four hour window for your delivery. You just have

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<v Speaker 1>to make sure that you park your car in a

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<v Speaker 1>publicly accessible place. Amazon will then use GPS to navigate

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<v Speaker 1>to and find your car, and then when they are

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<v Speaker 1>within range of your car, the driver requests that your

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<v Speaker 1>carr is remotely unlocked. Now this is where the type

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<v Speaker 1>of car you have comes into play. Right now, the

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<v Speaker 1>service only works with on Star and Volvo on Call,

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<v Speaker 1>which means that you have to have a twenty fifteen

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<v Speaker 1>or newer Chevy, gmc Buick or Cadillac with an active

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<v Speaker 1>on Star account. Now, not sure what that means, the

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<v Speaker 1>active part of that. I want to get some clarification

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<v Speaker 1>on that from Amazon, because if you're not paying for OnStar,

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<v Speaker 1>you can still have an account with them which lets

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<v Speaker 1>you remotely unlock your door.

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<v Speaker 2>So I think that should be good.

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<v Speaker 1>But I hope you don't need a paid account because

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<v Speaker 1>that would keep a lot of people from using this.

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<v Speaker 1>But if you just have to have an active on

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<v Speaker 1>Star account, like just with an email address and login,

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<v Speaker 1>and that would be pretty cool. Now for Volvo, it's

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<v Speaker 1>a twenty fifteen or newer. Amazon says it's going to

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<v Speaker 1>add more cars over time. A lot of cars are

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<v Speaker 1>becoming connected, so they just have to interface with those

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<v Speaker 1>different systems. But these two services alone, according to Amazon,

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<v Speaker 1>represents seven million cars on the road right now, and

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<v Speaker 1>Amazon is not.

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<v Speaker 2>Charging any extra for the service.

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<v Speaker 1>But if you change your mind, you can always reroute

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<v Speaker 1>your package to another address. You're going to get a

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<v Speaker 1>confirmation text when the package is safely in your car,

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<v Speaker 1>and it doesn't necessarily have to be the trunk, although

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<v Speaker 1>I'm assuming that's the preferred location for leaving a package

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<v Speaker 1>in your car. This is not the first time a

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<v Speaker 1>car has been a package delivery location. Various startups here

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<v Speaker 1>in the US and Europe have tried the idea, with

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<v Speaker 1>varying degrees of success. But Amazon is obviously now the

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<v Speaker 1>biggest and when Amazon does something well, it puts it

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<v Speaker 1>in the front and center, and so people take notice.

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<v Speaker 1>Bottom line, Amazon really just wants to be everywhere, no

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<v Speaker 1>matter what you think about this idea. They want customers

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<v Speaker 1>to feel like they can get their stuff no matter what.

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<v Speaker 1>You don't have to use this if you don't want to,

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<v Speaker 1>if you don't trust it. But for Amazon, more deliveries

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<v Speaker 1>translates into more sales. And yes, theoretically, a bad guy

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<v Speaker 1>can watch the Amazon delivery truck pull up to a car,

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<v Speaker 1>drop off a package, drive off, and then spring into action,

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<v Speaker 1>robbing the package right from the car. But think about it,

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<v Speaker 1>what's to stop anyone from doing the same thing with

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<v Speaker 1>an Amazon delivery truck in a neighborhood. So at this

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<v Speaker 1>point it seems like Amazon's looking for even more ways

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<v Speaker 1>to make more secure package deliveries, and until all homes

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<v Speaker 1>are built with a special drop off lockbox for packages.

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<v Speaker 2>Your trunk just might be the next best thing. But

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