Uber rebrands its courier service and expands on-demand automobile seats to 4 extra cities

Uber is rebranding its native supply service, previously Uber Connect, in time for the vacations. Launched in 2020, it now has a reputation that higher clarifies its goal: Uber Courier.

The service launched with assist for sending and receiving objects to and from native addresses. Since then, it’s expanded to incorporate pickups of pre-purchased objects from native shops. So, if site visitors is a nightmare, you’re on a good schedule and you’ll spare an additional expense, faucet the Courier button within the Uber app and have an Uber supply particular person head to, for instance, the Greatest Purchase pickup counter to seize one thing you ordered on-line and produce it to you (or take it to another person).

Uber Courier may also pick up and deliver your packages to the submit workplace. Which may be value the price to keep away from the existential dread of standing in an extended line of impatient folks beneath fluorescent lighting, ready for burned-out and underpaid authorities workers to weigh your bundle and ring you up.

These touring with little ones have extra choices for Uber rides this vacation season. The rideshare firm is increasing its Uber Car Seat service, which already lined New York Metropolis, Los Angeles and Orlando. Beginning at present, you can even use it in Washington, DC, Atlanta, Miami and San Francisco. Whenever you reserve an Uber Automobile Seat upfront, your driver will come geared up with a Nuna Rava convertible automobile seat on your child or toddler.

Uber is operating a promotion for Uber Automobile Seat till January 2. The code FESTIVESEAT10 helps you to save “as much as $20” on two Automobile Seat rides.

The corporate can also be rolling out providers that dive into the deep finish of vacation traditions. These embody the supply of Christmas timber or Hanukkah bushes, on-demand carolers geared up with booze and… Macaulay Culkin (naturally).