More choices over trips with Trip Radar
Trip Radar is a new feature that gives you and other drivers using Uber a chance to see and select requests happening nearby. Trip Radar shows you more trip request opportunities — but, you’ll continue to get individual requests too.
How it works
1. Find requests
When you’re not on a trip, you may see an alert for Trip Radar. Tap on it to check out a selection of UberX requests happening nearby.
2. Show interest in trip requests
You can tap on any requests you’re interested in and select as many as you want.
Remember to use Trip Radar safely. If you ever feel distracted when interacting with Uber’s Driver app, consider pulling over to a safe place to interact with your phone.
3. Get a match
Other drivers will have access to the list too, so you won’t get all your picks. Matching is aimed at minimising average wait times for drivers and riders. The more you tap, the more likely you are to be matched with an option that works for you.
How to use Trip Radar
Go where you want
If you have somewhere to be, Trip Radar can help you get requests for trips that go in a specific direction.
Get going quickly
If you don’t want to wait for your next trip request, open Trip Radar and make your pick.
Frequently asked questions
- What is the purpose of Trip Radar?
Trip Radar gives you and other drivers a chance to pick among additional UberX requests happening nearby. It shows extra options, so you’ll continue to get individual requests, too.
In addition, you can use Trip Radar to:
- Help you get trip requests that go in a specific direction if you have somewhere you need to be
- Get going quickly if you ever feel like you don’t want to wait for your next trip request
- How does Trip Radar affect the trip requests I get individually?
Trip requests on Trip Radar are extra—you’ll continue to get individual requests, too. Remember to use Trip Radar safely. If you ever feel distracted when interacting with Uber’s Driver app, consider pulling over to a safe place to interact with your phone.
- How does Uber decide who gets a request on Trip Radar?
Matching is aimed at minimising average wait times for drivers and riders. For Trip Radar specifically, tapping quickly helps, but it’s not the only thing that determines a match. So you can take your time.
- Does Trip Radar affect my acceptance rate?
It does not. When you’re selecting trip requests on Trip Radar, you can go ahead and tap as many as you like. As with your usual requests, after you’re matched you can still decide to cancel if you want. (However, cancelling trips will affect your cancellation rate.)