In a bid to make ride-sharing even more convenient and economical, Uber has launched the ‘Group Rides’ feature in India. This feature allows passengers to share their Uber rides with up to three friends when traveling to the same destination. Continue reading “Uber India launches ‘Group Rides’ for affordable shared travel”
Uber has expanded its Reserve service to six additional cities in India, allowing riders to pre-book their rides between 30 minutes to 90 days in advance. This service provides users with greater flexibility and convenience when it comes to planning their travel. Continue reading “Uber Reserve Service goes live in more Indian cities”
Uber has introduced new features for airport travel to simplify the process for both riders and drivers before the summer travel season. One feature allows for ride reservations up to 90 days in advance. Continue reading “Uber rolls out Airport-Friendly features in India”
Uber launched its services in India back in 2013 starting from Bengaluru, and it rapidly expanded to several cities across the country. Today, the company has announced that it has begun serving riders and drivers in Warangal in Telangana, marking the company’s expansion to 100 cities across India. Continue reading “Uber launches in Warangal; now serving riders in 100 cities across India”
Global Ride Sharing company Uber has added yet another feature to its platform today. Uber has launched ‘Vouchers’ feature where businesses and organizations can offer discounted cab rides or sponsor a ride by providing vouchers.
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Uber just announced that it has signed Captain of the Indian Cricket team Virat Kohli as its first brand ambassador in India. It said that this is the company’s first of its kind initiative across the Asia Pacific region. Last year Gionee India signed him as its brand ambassador.
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Uber today added a new feature that lets users in India add extra stops to their trip. This feature will be useful to pick up and drop off friends anytime during your ride, and is already available in several countries. You can add up to 3 stops in India and your fares will continue to include time and distance rates on trips with multiple stops.
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Uber will now let riders update their pick up location after they have requested a ride, in case they happened to request from the wrong place. Riders can now redirect their driver partner to correct location through the app, even when the driver is en-route. This feature was piloted in a handful of cities and Uber said it led to less stress and fewer cancellations. This feature will be made available to all riders across the India in the coming weeks.
Ryan Yu, Software Engineer and Rachel Holt, Regional General Manager, US & Canada at Uber in a blog post,
Pick-ups are one of the hardest parts of the experience to get right, and they’re especially difficult when riders accidentally request a pickup from the wrong place. It often begins with a phone call and ends with a cancelled ride. A small miscue can lead to a frustrating situation where riders aren’t riding, and drivers aren’t earning.
Here’s how it works:
Once a rider updates their pickup location, drivers will:
The latest feature is available on Uber app for Android and iOS.
Uber India is ramping up its security measures on the Uber app for both riders and drivers by launching a new feature. Dubbed as Real-Time ID check, the feature uses Microsoft Cognitive Services, which prompts drivers to share a selfie before going online to help ensure that the driver using the app matches the account that is there on Uber.
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Uber has appointed former Tata Sons executive Madhu Kannan as Chief Business Officer, India and Emerging Markets. Madhu will be responsible for growing Uber’s business in India as well as across new emerging markets in the Asia Pacific region, through strategic partnerships and investment opportunities. Continue reading “Former Tata Sons exec Madhu Kannan joins Uber as India business head”
Uber today has introduced its all new rider app with a “clean and simple” design. This is the most significant update for the app since its last redesign in 2012.The company feels that it was much needed as their app had become “complicated and harder to navigate.” Continue reading “Uber revamps rider app with cleaner interface, new maps design and “shortcuts” feature”
Uber has announced that it has expanded its service to seven new cities – Bhubaneswar, Coimbatore, Indore, Mysore, Nagpur, Surat and Visakhapatnam in India. Uber is growing rapidly in India by adding new cities every few months. It is already present in Bangalore, New Delhi, Hyderabad, Chennai, Mumbai, Pune, Jaipur, Ahmedabad, Chandigarh and Kolkata and Kochi in India. Uber is now operational in 18 Indian cities, more than any other countries outside of United States (by number of operational cities). Continue reading “Uber expands to Bhubaneswar, Coimbatore, Indore, Mysore, Nagpur, Surat and Vizag”
Uber is back with another limited period offer, this time for Chennai users. It is offering 50% off on four rides everyday for this week during business hours (between 12 PM and 4 PM), in Chennai, which is a total of 20 rides. This offer is valid from today, 8th June 2015 to Friday, 12th June 2015. Continue reading “Uber offers 50% off on four rides a day during business hours till June 12 in Chennai”
Uber has appointed Amit Jain as President of its India operations. He will be running all business strategy, operations, and growth in a market of global strategic importance for Uber.
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Uber is going old school in case of payment option in India. The on demand taxi hailing service is testing a cash payment for cabs in Hyderabad.
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