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Google Quietly Expands Ride-Sharing Service

Waze Rider now available to San Francisco-area users

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Alphabet Inc.’s Google has quietly opened its Waze ride-sharing service to San Francisco-area users, expanding a pilot program and confirming the company’s interest in the lucrative ride-hailing industry.

Smartphone users in the San Francisco area now can download a mobile app called Waze Rider to request rides to and from work from drivers using Google’s popular Waze navigation app. Google in May launched a test of the carpool...

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