In an interview with CNBC, Uber CEO Dara Khosrowshahi said the redesign was part of the company's efforts to become "the operating system for your daily life." The second version, which hasn't yet been released, takes out the map and has larger buttons for either choosing a ride or ordering food. The home screen of this version still has a map and the rides and Eats options at the bottom. One version of the app has already been live in several cities in the US, Canada, Europe and Australia. "Our highest hope is to deliver to our customers their daily needs."
"We want to unify those into a common platform as much as possible," Janakiram said. When users open either of the new versions of the app, they'll be given the choice of getting a ride or ordering food from the home screen. Uber Eats will now be front and center in the updated app. One of its businesses that's performing better, and that stockholders may be counting on, is Uber Eats. It's seen plummeting stock prices, quarterly revenue loss, layoffs of more than 800 employees and an exodus of high-level executives. Uber debuted on Wall Street in May and has since been struggling as a public company. "We see a world where this will open up even more of the experiences you can get from the Uber app," Nundu Janakiram, Uber's director of product, said in an interview. It's also partnered with tens of thousands of restaurants and chains for Uber Eats, including McDonald's, Starbucks and Ben & Jerry's. In other places, it's integrated public transportation into the app. No longer just a ride-hailing service, Uber now has bikes and scooters for rent in several cities.
The ride-hailing company unveiled two possible versions of the app, both of which put more of an emphasis on its food delivery service, Uber Eats. Uber announced Thursday the first major overhaul to its rider app in three years.
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