Uber may launch a service much like TaskRabbit

Sooner or later, if you want somebody’s assist to get a activity carried out, you may end up launching the Uber app in your telephone. In line with Bloomberg, the corporate is exploring the opportunity 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.” Primarily based 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 might take and what time you need the tasker to reach.

In fact, you can enter the deal with of the place you need the particular person 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 sorts of assist you possibly can ask from suppliers, however the potential service’s rival TaskRabbit has a variety of classes to select from. These embrace cleansing, furnishings meeting, electrical assist, plumbing, TV mounting, packing and transferring, snow removing, laptop help, pet sitting and even senior care.

Like every 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 providers. Over the previous months, Uber rolled out Carshare, which lets customers borrow automobiles from personal proprietor, to extra areas as a part of its efforts to grow to be 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 right away or a future trip.