Uber is turning its app into a personal assistant with several new features. Users can now book hotels and ask for a specific drink or snack during their Uber ride.
It's Uber's latest push to become a one-stop platform for travel, rides and food.
The company is also making it easier to search across both Uber and Uber Eats.
Uber customers in the United States can now book hotels directly through the app, one of several new features announced Wednesday that pushes far beyond the company's original ride-hailing purpose and even deeper into its users' lives.
Uber announced features like hotels and AI voice bookings at its annual Go-Get event in New York on Wednesday. The company's push into travel builds on its ongoing expansion into verticals such as autonomous tech, grocery delivery, and skiing.
The latest trading day saw Uber Technologies (UBER) settling at $74.11, representing a -2.83% change from its previous close.
Anthropic introduced consumer app connectors for Claude, letting users link the artificial intelligence (AI) assistant directly to services they use every day. The integrations include Spotify, Uber, Uber Eats, Instacart, Intuit TurboTax, Intuit Credit Karma, TripAdvisor, Booking.com, AllTrails, Audible, Resy, StubHub, Taskrabbit, Thumbtack and Viator.
Uber's deal with Block expands Square's Uber Eats integration across new markets. This deal adds Cash App Pay on Uber and Uber Eats in the United States.
In the most recent trading session, Uber Technologies (UBER) closed at $75.58, indicating a -2.17% shift from the previous trading day.
Uber Technologies, Inc. NYSE: UBER has been taking the lead in autonomous vehicle (AV) adoption for several quarters. Recent announcements reveal that the company has entered into deals with over a dozen automotive partners, including Baidu Inc. NASDAQ: BIDU, Rivian Automotive Inc. NASDAQ: RIVN, and Lucid Group (NASDAQ: LCID).
UBER edges ahead of BIDU in the AV race, backed by global robotaxi rollout, stronger earnings outlook, and price performance.
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