π€ google
The answer to why Waymo hasn’t expanded, and why Stadia took a year to get a basic feature promised before launch, is at heart the same response, I think: Google just doesn’t really care. These aren’t interesting engineering challenges, or passion projects for staff members involved. And so they’re forgotten down the back of the sofa, ready to join the Google graveyard when whichever employee is pushing them forward decides it’s time for an early retirement.
But those robot taxis are cool though