The online retailer on Tuesday introduced Amazon Key In-Car, a delivery service that drops off packages into people's cars without the need for the owners to be present. The new delivery option is free for Amazon Prime members and available immediately in 37 cities across the U.S., with more cities rolling out over time. The service is an extension of Amazon Key, which Amazon introduced last November as a way for delivery people to enter customers' homes using keyless access. The program has received mixed reviews, with some touting it as a solution to package thefts from porches and others seeing it as an invasion of privacy.
With Amazon Key In-Car, customers with compatible vehicles download the Amazon Key App, then link their Amazon account to it. They select the "in-car" delivery option at checkout, and get notifications from the app once their package has been delivered. Amazon tried the program out on a select number of customers, who beamed while sharing their experience in an Amazon-produced YouTube video Tuesday morning. The cars must be parked in a publicly accessible location in order to receive packages, which will be placed either in the trunk or inside the car itself. Some customers were skeptical. "Amazon can't find my 3-story building and type in a key code. How do they expect to find and unlock the trunk of my car?" tweeted one person.
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