Uber Rolls Out New 'Where to' Option and SnapChat Filters

Just in time for your vacation get-togethers, Uber is making it easier to get to your friends—and savour the journey there. Y'all tin now sync your contacts with the Uber app, and type a friend's name in the "Where to?" box.

Your friend will so receive a request from Uber to provide their current location. Once your friend accepts, their location will be used every bit your destination. When y'all're en route, Uber will share your ETA with that person.

"Where are y'all? Where's that again? These are common questions nosotros inquire friends and family when meeting upward," Uber's Andrew Chen and Miraj Rahematpura wrote in a blogpost. "If yous're communicable upwards with friends when out of boondocks, coming together your sister at the mall, or joining coworkers for drinks, at present you lot can skip the back and forth. Just Uber straight to them.

"Skip the back and along, forget the accost, and get straight to whom you're coming together up with," Chen and Rahematpura wrote.

Meanwhile, with a new Snapchat integration, y'all can unlock custom Uber filters during your ride. "Whether you want to let friends know when you'll arrive with our ETA filters, show how y'all whorl with our ride filters or select a mystery filter for an added surprise, you at present have a fun and social way to share you're in an Uber," Chen and Rahematpura wrote.

If you're already a Snapchat user and you're Ubering somewhere, y'all'll meet a note inside the Uber app letting you know well-nigh the new filters. From there, just select the type of filter y'all desire to unlock, take a selfie, and swipe right.

Both of these features are rolling out to riders starting today.

These two updates come up right subsequently Uber revamped its entire user interface with new features like shortcuts and a 'Where to' destination button.

Additional reporting by Victor Yap, PCMag Sea

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