Sooner or later, once you want somebody’s assist to get a activity completed, you would possibly end up launching the Uber app in your cellphone. In accordance with Bloomberg, the corporate is exploring the potential of providing a brand new TaskRabbit-like service. Developer Steve Moser discovered code hidden inside Uber’s iPhone app for an providing that is reportedly codenamed “Chore.” Based mostly on its present iteration, Chore will allow you to rent “taskers” and can allow you to specify within the app what you need assistance with, how lengthy you assume it will take and what time you need the tasker to reach.
In fact, you can enter the tackle of the place you need the individual to go earlier than you submit your request. Uber will then compute a cost that is commensurate with the time required to complete the duty, however you’ll have to pay for at least one hour it doesn’t matter what it’s. Bloomberg says the code Moser unearthed did not have hints on what varieties of assist you’ll be able to ask from suppliers, however the potential service’s rival TaskRabbit has a variety of classes to select from. These embody cleansing, furnishings meeting, electrical assist, plumbing, TV mounting, packing and shifting, snow elimination, laptop help, pet sitting and even senior care.
Like some other unconfirmed function nonetheless in improvement, although, Chore might not even make it to public launch. If it does, it’s going to be an enormous new enterprise for Uber, which is understood for its ride-hailing and restaurant supply companies. Over the previous months, Uber rolled out Carshare, which lets customers borrow vehicles from non-public proprietor, to extra areas as a part of its efforts to change into a zero-emission platform by 2040. It additionally began testing a toll-free quantity — 1-833-USE-UBER (1-833-873-8237) — you can name to schedule a right away or a future experience.