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Amazon launches Prime Now: one-hour (!) deliveries in Manhattan
July 07, 2025
The Prime Now app is already available for Androidvia the Amazon Appstore(availability limited to the US). You need a Prime membership to complete orders, but browsing around is open to anyone. The app includes a delivery tracker showing the progress of your courier in real time.
Prime Now is the latest salvo in the war that Amazon has been waging for total domination of the retail landscape. While traditional retailers like Walmart and Best Buy have mounted a decent defense, mainly throughprice-matchingand extended deliveries, the biggest threat to Amazon could come fromGoogle’s Express shopping service, which offers one-day deliveries from many partnering stores.Sources claimGoogle is planning an Amazon-style one-click buy button, meaning that customers will be able to shop from multiple stores without leaving Google Shopping.
You probably won’t be able to order any device on Prime Now for now. But as Amazon continues to expand and perfect its already stunning distribution network (which could one day include a fleet of drones), we’ll be getting closer to the instant gratification of all our tech needs.
Amazon Introduces Prime Now: One-Hour Delivery on Tens of Thousands of Daily Essentials Exclusively for Prime Members
SEATTLE–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ: AMZN)today announced Prime Now, the newest benefit for Prime members, which offersone-hour delivery on tens of thousands of daily essentials through a mobile app. Prime Now is powered by Amazon’s growing network of fulfillment centers that utilize high-end technology to speed up order delivery times for customers. Now,.
“There are times when you’re able to’t make it to the store and other times when you simply don’t want to go. There are so many reasons to skip the trip and now Prime members in Manhattan can get the items they need delivered in an hour or less,” saidDave Clark, Amazon’s senior vice president of worldwide operations. “We’ve long felt that Amazon Prime is the best deal in the history of shopping and now it has gotten even better. Prime members in Manhattan are going to love this service and we cannot wait to roll out Prime Now to additional cities in 2015.”
Amazon is launching Prime Now inselect areas of Manhattan today.All Prime members can immediately download the Prime Now app, available on iOS and Android devices, and will be notified when the service is available in their local area. Prime Now is availablefrom 6 a.m. to midnight, seven days a week.Two-hour delivery is free and one-hour delivery is available for $7.99. A portion of Amazon’s new building on 34thStreet in Manhattan will serve as a hub for delivery of Prime Now orders.
Tens of millions of members around the world already enjoy Prime. In the US, membership includes unlimited Free Two-Day Shipping on more than 20 million items, instant streaming of tens of thousands of movies and TV episodes through Prime Instant Video, one million songs and hundreds of playlists through Prime Music, free unlimited photo storage through Amazon’s Cloud Drive, early access to select Lightning Deals and access to over 600,000 books to borrow through the Kindle Owners’ Lending Library.
Learn more about Amazon Prime Now and download the mobile app atwww.amazon.com/primenow.
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