The concept of ridesharing includes quickly finding a driver when you need a one-way ride to work, school, a friend’s house, a concert, the beach, or the supermarket.Īll you need to do is download a free app on your phone and tell it that you want someone to pick you up.
Instead, Uber uses smartphone app technology to connect passengers and drivers via a car-for-hire method.
Unlike a cab, a person can’t see an Uber driver parked on the street and ask for a ride.
The platform exists in more than 10,000 cities worldwide, such as Chicago, Los Angeles, Tokyo, Seattle, Montreal, London, Dubai, Paris. Many people immediately started to prefer using it instead of taking a taxi service. The Uber app launched in 2009, predating other apps like Lyft. It’ll expand to other languages over time.First, you should know a few background facts: The new feature is now rolling out globally, but only in English. This new feature isn’t directly linked to that as far as I can tell, but it does show some of that same focus on bringing more visual elements to the Assistant experience by showing you a list of prices and a map. It’s worth noting that Google announced a redesign of the visual side of the Google Assistant yesterday. “There is a ridesharing feature in Google Maps and we’ve been working very closely with that team to highlight this.” “We think of the Google Assistant as highlighting the best of Google,” she said. Lilian Rincon, Google’s director for the Assistant, told me that having a similar feature in Google Maps already made it easier to implement this in the Assistant, too. Still, it’s a useful feature if you want to quickly compare prices or are frantically running around the house, trying to pack your suitcase for your next trip and want to get a car quickly. To actually book the ride, Assistant will then hand you off to the ridesharing company’s mobile app. 
You can either request a car from a specific company or place a more generic request (“Hey Google, book a car to PDX”) and the assistant will return current pricing for all the supported ridesharing services in your area. The new feature works with Google Assistant-enabled speakers and on phones. Starting today, you’ll be able to use your voice to ask Google’s virtual assistant to book you a car from Uber, Lyft, Ola, Grab, GO-JEK and similar services. If you ever wanted to use your Google Assistant to book a ride with Uber or Lyft, your wishes have been heard.
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