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Uber Eats’ new live location-sharing feature helps couriers deliver food to users in hard-to-find locations

Uber Eats is adding a live location sharing capability to help couriers find customers in difficult-to-find locations, including public places such as Uber Eats is adding a live location sharing capability to help couriers find customers in difficult-to-find locations.

The company hopes its new live location sharing feature will help solve a major challenge that many couriers face, especially in the warmer months when people are spending more time outdoors, ordering food for birthdays and other events. Domino’s introduced a similar solution in June 2023 when it launched Pinpoint Delivery, which allows customers to drop a pin on the map to get their pizza delivered nearly anywhere. After launching the feature on Uber rides and seeing great success, we knew that building this feature on Uber Eats would be a game changer—especially for consumers who order from tricky-to-navigate locations like office buildings, parks, and large apartment complexes.”

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