The downside: Once your friend confirms their location to Uber, the location becomes locked in as 'static' and the friend better not move.īut that's not all! To entertain you on your ride and your friend during the 'static' wait, Uber will now prompt the rider to send a Snapchat to the waiting party - if they already have the social app - complete with custom filters that can relay estimated time of arrival and, for some reason, what type of Uber you're in.įor Uber, it's the latest effort to keep users engaged with its app during the ride. The upside: You don't have to have that ' where are you? where should we meet?' conversation. Instead of typing a location in the 'Where to?' box, Uber wants riders to type the name of the friend they are meeting with, and the app would route the ride to them. Instead of setting places as the target location, Uber's newest feature will let you set people as the destination. Uber has fixed a problem you didn't know you had. Updated at 6:42 pm to add details of Snapchat's access to location data.

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