Request an Uber Ride For Someone Else

Uber merely launched a new feature that's sure to earn you some credibility points with your friends and family, should yous choose to utilize it.

Starting today, you tin can now request a ride for someone else from the Uber app. The feature is available in more than xxx countries; simply make sure you have the latest version of the app.

Nosotros can come across this being useful in a lot of different scenarios: Possibly your friend'southward telephone is about to dice after a dark out and then they can't request their ain ride, or perhaps you want to assist a loved one go to work while their car is in the shop. Maybe your grandma, who doesn't bulldoze anymore, needs to go to a md's appointment and you tin can't take her.

Now, when you lot request an Uber and set a pickup that'south away from your current location, the app volition enquire if the ride is for a friend or family member. You tin select the rider from your address volume, fix their location, and asking a ride on their behalf.

You lot'll terminate up paying for that ride, unless you're in a country where cash is an available payment option (which is mostly only available in Asia, India, and Latin American countries). In that case, you lot can select cash as the payment method and the passenger will have to pay at the end of the trip.

Once a auto is en route, the rider will get a text bulletin with the driver's details and a link to track their whereabouts. The message will also mention who is paying for the ride. Riders will exist able to contact the commuter directly, and vice versa.

Uber Production Managers Kyle Miller and Mike Lu said in a blog mail that "today almost 10 percent of the global population consists of people aged 65 and over and that number is only expected to increment.

"Keeping these insights acme of heed, we've been thinking near ways to brand our app more attainable to everyone in the family," they wrote. "We're committed to providing safe, reliable transportation options for everyone in the family – including seniors."

Meanwhile, Uber just final week added a tipping feature to its app, one of several changes the scandal-rocked company has announced of late to appease frustrated drivers. The other concessions include reducing the cancellation grace period from five minutes to two, and then drivers already en route to choice upwards a rider will collect more than in fees if the rider decides to abolish. Uber volition also pay drivers a per-minute rate for look times of more than 2 minutes, something it started testing last yr in Dallas, New Bailiwick of jersey, New York, and Phoenix.

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Angela Moscaritolo

Angela Moscaritolo is PCMag's expert on fettle and smart abode products. Pedagogy yoga for nearly 10 years has helped her in evaluating a range of continued health products including fettle trackers, heart charge per unit monitors, rowers, smart scales, stationary bikes, strength training machines, treadmills, and more. Angela also tests smart home devices from her ranch in Florida, including air purifiers, kitchen appliances, and robot vacuums, just to name a few.