Starting today, riders can be matched with a Waymo autonomous vehicle on the Uber app and travel across 37 square miles of Austin.

Starting today, if you call an Uber in Austin you can match with a self-driving Waymo vehicle. The launch in the Texas capital is part of an expanded partnership between the two tech companies. Waymo’s autonomous vehicles are already available on the Uber platform in Phoenix, and the companies plan to launch next in Atlanta.

Waymo's autonomous vehicles are now available on the Uber network in Austin, as more robotaxis begin to share the road with human drivers in select pockets of the U.S. Why it matters: Maybe you don't feel like conversation with a chatty Uber driver,