Need a Snack or Phone Charger? Ask Your Uber Driver

Always hop in an Uber and realize you totally forgot to bring your headphones, phone charger, or a snack? Your driver may be able to help.

Some drivers already offer things like water or gum to passengers on their ain dime. But Uber today announced it's partnering with a company called Cargo to let drivers offer riders free samples and items for purchase. Drivers in San Francisco and Los Angeles can get a free Cargo box filled with snacks, minor electronic accessories, personal care items, free energy, and beauty products to place in the eye panel of their vehicles.

Riders scan a QR code, Snapcode, or visit cargo.menu to start shopping. "They shop, checkout, then the driver hands over the purchased items when it is condom to do then," Cargo wrote on its website.

Drivers earn $1 per society plus 25 percent commission on retail sales.

Uber said it plans to expand the partnership to other Cargo markets in the futurity, including New York Metropolis, Boston, Minneapolis, Washington D.C., Baltimore, Atlanta, and Dallas.

"You never quite know what y'all'll need when you're on the motion," Uber'south Keith Hensley wrote in a Th blog post. "An energy boost on your way to the big coming together, a phone charger when you're down to seven percent, or a much-needed snack at the end of the dark—your time in an Uber is sometimes the only chance you have to refuel and recharge."

In other Uber news, the app-based machine service earlier this week introduced a feature called Spotlight designed to help drivers more than easily locate riders. Uber is too now offering an "on-time guarantee" for scheduled rides. So, if y'all schedule a ride, and a driver doesn't arrive during the fourth dimension period you lot selected, Uber will give you $10 off your next ride.

About Angela Moscaritolo

Angela Moscaritolo

Angela Moscaritolo is PCMag'south good on fitness and smart home products. Teaching yoga for virtually 10 years has helped her in evaluating a range of connected health products including fitness trackers, heart rate monitors, rowers, smart scales, stationary bikes, force training machines, treadmills, and more than. Angela likewise tests smart dwelling devices from her ranch in Florida, including air purifiers, kitchen appliances, and robot vacuums, just to name a few.