ASAN (KXAN) – The famous Rideshare Service Company Uber announced on Monday that it launches a “simplified ride experience designed for the elderly”.
According to a press release early Monday from the company, Uber’s “accounts” feature passes in a experimental stage in Austin before it was presented to other cities. The feature is an option in the app “designed to make wrap easier and easier, and can be accessed more for older adults”, according to the version.
The statement said that the upper calculations have a larger text and less steps and optional support than their loved ones.
Uber said that a large account includes the following main features:
- Simplified reservation: Old adults can request a horse riding using a simplified version of the application with larger text and icons, less buttons, and less screens.
- Reserved places: The sites that have been frequently visited can be saved – such as the home, doctor, or preferred store – by older adults or their loved ones for riding requests faster.
- Flexible payment optionsAdult account holders can use their family organizer card or their Medicare Flex cards or eligible for medical trips.
- Follow the live trip: To help maintain their loved ones in knowledge, the family organizer can follow it in the application through actual time updates and track the live trip whenever the father or grandparents request a trip.
- Help when neededFamily organizers and care providers can intervene when needed and horse riding on their phones to obtain a large account holder, edit the reserved places, set a common payment method, or call drivers on behalf of the contestant at any time during the trip.
Rideshare has provided similar specialized services in 2023 when it launched Teen’s accounts, which were first published in Austin.
How to make senior Uber accounts
Senior accounts are available in specific cities through the Uber family profiles as of the two. The option of adding a large account is not currently available to a family profile currently in Austin, but older adults can live anywhere, according to Uber version.
To prepare a large account, the Uber application user will need to move to his account settings, then “Family” to create a family profile, determine the “family invitation” and choose “Senior”, then choose the call and select the Senior name in the list of contacts. Senior guests will receive a text message invitation, then they can start requesting a horse riding independently or obtaining the help of their loved ones.
According to Uber, the feature was developed in partnership with old age defenders, access experts and inputs from the elderly. Rideshare said it has created this feature because the transportation is “one of the largest barriers that prevent the independence of the age of people.”
“We have listened closely to the reactions of the older cycles and their families, and there was one clear thing: technology should be useful, not overwhelming,” said Priyana Gilmore, head of public policy and deprived societies in Uber. “Through the higher accounts, we re -imagined the experience of the application from A to Z to facilitate the older adults to stay on the mobile, independent and connected phone – which reflects Uber’s commitment to building comprehensive products that meet the needs of each contestant, regardless of the age level or the level of technical comfort.”
Uber said it plans to expand the upper calculations into additional cities “in the near future.”