Uber has began piloting its teenagers-focused Uber for Teenagers service in India, TechCrunch has solely discovered.
Uber for Teenagers is stay in Bengaluru, Delhi NCR and Mumbai, Uber confirmed to TechCrunch. The corporate stated it will broaden the service within the coming weeks to 35 cities, which embrace Ahmedabad, Chennai, Hyderabad, Mumbai and Pune.
The service lets dad and mom and guardians arrange accounts for his or her youngsters (between 13 and 17 of age) to allow them to request journeys straight utilizing their very own gadgets. It additionally consists of options like stay journey monitoring and opt-in audio recording.
Guardians also can ebook rides for youngsters, and so they also can set month-to-month journey limits to limit the variety of journeys. Uber requires guardians in India so as to add a credit score or debit card to their account to ask a youngster to their household profile. As soon as added, guardians and youths can ebook rides utilizing any cost methodology, together with money.
Teenagers also can deliver riders aged between 13-17 with them, per the small print out there on a support page, however it’s not clear how the consent mechanism for this may work.
Uber stated it’ll additionally carry out further background checks on drivers.
The transfer comes almost two years after the service was launched within the U.S. and Canada, because the ride-hailing app plans to develop in India and tackle home rivals Ola, Rapido, Namma Yatri and BluSmart.
Uber for Teenagers is currently live in about 50 countries, in keeping with the corporate’s This autumn outcomes assertion final month. The corporate has additionally launched separate profiles for youngsters in some markets, letting them pay utilizing their very own cost strategies and money.
For the previous couple of months, Uber has added a number of options like concurrent rides, versatile pricing, and pay as you go merchandise pickups to cater to Indians’ altering transportation wants. The corporate additionally just lately ditched commissions on auto-rickshaw bookings, as an alternative instituting a each day subscription cost.