Now that persons are socializing once more because the pandemic (hopefully) winds down, Uber is tackling some of the frequent issues of restaurant supply apps: cut up the invoice between buddies. Uber Eats is relaunching group ordering with a brand new invoice splitting characteristic — the primary in a US supply app, Uber claims. Once you create a bunch order, you simply have to decide on between paying for every thing or asking visitors to cowl their share. This will not assist in conditions the place just some persons are paying, but it surely might prevent the effort of asking for cash after the actual fact.

It’s additionally simpler to handle your upcoming group orders. You can set a deadline for everybody to submit their orders, and both auto-checkout on the deadline or make the acquisition manually. Indecisive buddies should not be an issue, both, as you may set automated reminders to nudge anybody who hasn’t made a request.

Uber is not new to the idea of divvying payments — ridesharing clients might cut up their fares as early as 2013. The addition continues to be welcome, although, and would possibly assist {couples} at house as a lot as it’d buddies on an evening out. This may also put strain on rivals that both haven’t got group orders or restrict them to companies paying from firm accounts.