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⚡ Welcome to The Weekly Authority, the Android Authority newsletter that breaks down the top Android and tech news from the week. The 200th edition here, with Pixel 7 Pro news, Samsung’s stock problem, a peek at the ASUS ROG Phone 6, and much more…

☀️ It was the June solstice on Tuesday, which means summer is officially, astronomically here — and Scotland has been seeing a heatwave (which means about 24 degrees centigrade for us!)

It seems strange to think that this week in 1946 saw the first delivery of mail by air. A jet plane took off from General Electric Air Research Lab in Schenectady, New York, on June 22 that year, as part of an Army Air Force demo, carrying a small quantity of mail to Washington DC and Chicago.

We say strange, as these days we’re on the brink of receiving parcel deliveries by drone. Last week, Amazon announced that customers in Lockeford, CA, would be among the first to receive drone deliveries later this year.

These are bigger than your average drone though:

The size of these drones leads many people to ask, how safe are drone deliveries?

Not all residents of Lockeford are pleased at the news. Some say that drones are an invasion of their privacy. Others are worried they could spook livestock.

But there are logistics issues to consider too:

See also: The best drones you can buy in 2022

It currently costs Amazon from around $4.50-$5.50 to deliver a package through third-party delivery partners, or $3.47 per package through its own logistics network

So are drones the future of e-commerce delivery? If Amazon’s initial rollout is successful, then you could be receiving drone deliveries sooner than you think.

Something extra: China says it may have received signals from aliens (an interesting read).