Uber Rolling Out Calendar Shortcuts to Save You Time

Uber only rolled out a new feature called Calendar Shortcuts, a new role inside the app that should save you some fourth dimension when you're rushing to get from point A to point B. The best scrap: it tin sync to the Google Agenda.

Uber Calendar Shortcuts Y'all tin can now connect your agenda to Uber and the app volition already know where you're supposed to be. Upcoming meetings and appointments saved in your smartphone's native agenda will show up every bit a 'shortcut' on the lesser of Uber when yous open the app. This mode, you won't have to manually hunt for the accost, then copy and paste it into the Uber app.

To connect your device'southward calendar, just caput over to the Uber app then click on Settings > Calendar Events. Y'all should also see a carte du jour in the Uber feed that lets you lot connect your calendar. From there, just make sure your calendar events have an associated address and voila.

The new Calendar Shortcuts feature is rolling out to riders around the world, beginning today, on Apple iOS and will be coming presently to Google Android.

"With Calendar Shortcuts, Uber can assist with your planning," Uber'southward Miraj Rahematpura wrote in a blogpost. "After all, nosotros designed the new Uber app around you—and our core beliefs that time is a luxury and that the information you demand should e'er be at your fingertips. Whether information technology's a flying out of boondocks, coming together across the city, or dinner reservation with friends, it's now 1 tap to get moving!"

Meanwhile, Uber also recently launched a new product called Motion, a concept that aims to help urban planners solve transportation issues through sharing how long it takes Uber vehicles to drive effectually cities, among other insights.

It's currently only bachelor to city officials, planners, and policy makers, but the company said it intends to open upward the data to the public in the futurity.

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Angela Moscaritolo is PCMag's good on fitness and smart dwelling house products. Teaching yoga for nearly 10 years has helped her in evaluating a range of continued wellness products including fettle trackers, eye rate monitors, rowers, smart scales, stationary bikes, force preparation machines, treadmills, and more. Angela besides tests smart home devices from her ranch in Florida, including air purifiers, kitchen appliances, and robot vacuums, but to name a few.