Uber is perhaps increasing past ridesharing and meals deliveries. A snippet of code seen by Bloomberg features a new “Chore” choice, which seems to let customers rent folks by way of the app for numerous jobs.
The code means that customers could possibly rent a employee — reportedly known as a “tasker” inside the app — for at the least one hour, as reported by Bloomberg. Along with specifying the job they need performed, customers may also need to state how lengthy it’d take and when the employee ought to present up.
From there, Bloomberg reviews that customers must enter their deal with, very similar to on Uber’s meals supply and ridesharing apps. The app will then “decide the price primarily based on the time required” to finish the job. It’s nonetheless not clear what kinds of jobs customers might rent folks for, as Bloomberg notes that the code didn’t reveal any examples. The Verge reached out to Uber with a request for extra info however didn’t instantly hear again.
Nevertheless, it’s attainable that the duties might resemble these marketed on websites like TaskRabbit and Angi (previously Angie’s Record), which permit customers to rent native staff for issues like landscaping, transferring providers, junk elimination, dwelling cleansing, and extra. Even when Uber doesn’t find yourself going by way of with this characteristic, it’s nonetheless fascinating to see the choices the corporate is weighing because it seems to face out amongst different ridesharing and supply providers.