Uber Eats brings invoice splitting to deliveries

Uber Eats is getting a gaggle order and invoice splitting function that ought to make it simpler to make sure your family and friends members are choosing up their share of the tab.

Instead of passing your telephone round to everybody within the group to allow them to place their orders, you’ll now be capable to begin a gaggle order from inside the Uber Eats app. To do that, you’ll need to navigate to the restaurant you need to order from, hit the three dots within the top-right nook of the web page, after which hit “group order.”

From there, you may invite group members by choosing out of your telephone’s contacts; they’ll every obtain an order hyperlink over textual content message (and must obtain the app in the event that they haven’t already). Your visitors can then select and pay for the meals that they need.

But if you happen to’re feeling additional beneficiant, Uber Eats offers you the choice to foot your entire invoice whereas additionally letting you set spending limits to discourage anybody from ordering the costliest merchandise on the menu. Whether you pay for or break up the invoice, Uber says all of the meals will get delivered on the similar time.

And if you happen to’re planning some kind of get-together, Uber additionally offers you the choice to create group orders as much as seven days earlier than the deliberate occasion. People can choose their meals inside a selected window of time, and Uber will notify them in case they overlook.

As somebody who orders from Uber Eats a ton — and likewise finally ends up choosing up the tab more often than not — I can say that the invoice splitting function is a welcome addition. It eliminates each doable excuse within the guide, starting from “I’ll pay you back tomorrow” to “I don’t have Venmo,” and likewise means you don’t need to awkwardly nudge folks to get them to repay you.