Hailing a Waymo robotaxi in Los Angeles just got easier. On Tuesday, the self-driving company scrapped its waitlist for the area and opened up rides for anyone with the Waymo One app. Now, any interested passengers can hop in a Waymo 24/7 and ride across nearly 80 square miles of LA County,

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Waymo One, the driverless ride-hailing app, is now fully available to much of greater Los Angeles after the robotaxi service previously started offering rides in LA to a limited number of people on a waiting list.

The expansion comes eight months after Waymo began offering rides in Los Angeles to a limited group of passengers chosen from a waiting list that had ballooned to more than 300,000 people.

The autonomous ride-hailng company expands operations from a waiting list of prospective passengers, covering an 80 square-mile area of Los Angeles.

While anyone in Los Angeles can book a trip with Waymo there are limitations such as it doesn't provide a ride to airports or trips on the highway.