Uber might launch a service just like TaskRabbit

Sooner or later, whenever you want somebody’s assist to get a activity completed, you would possibly end up launching the Uber app in your telephone. In response to Bloomberg, the corporate is exploring the potential for 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.

After all, you can enter the deal with 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 no less than one hour it doesn’t matter what it’s. Bloomberg says the code Moser unearthed did not have hints on what forms 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 transferring, snow removing, laptop help, pet sitting and even senior care.

Like some other unconfirmed characteristic nonetheless in improvement, although, Chore could not even make it to public launch. If it does, it’s going to be an enormous new endeavor for Uber, which is thought for its ride-hailing and restaurant supply companies. Over the previous months, Uber rolled out Carshare, which lets customers borrow vehicles from personal 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) — that you may name to schedule a direct or a future experience.