Uber is piloting accounts for teenagers in India

Uber has began piloting its teenagers-focused Uber for Teenagers service in India, TechCrunch has solely discovered.

Uber for Teenagers is stay in Bengaluru, Delhi NCR and Mumbai, Uber confirmed to TechCrunch. The corporate stated it might develop the service within the coming weeks to 35 cities, which embody Ahmedabad, Chennai, Hyderabad, Mumbai and Pune.

The service lets dad and mom and guardians arrange accounts for his or her youngsters (between 13 and 17 of age) to allow them to request journeys straight utilizing their very own gadgets. It additionally contains options like stay journey monitoring and opt-in audio recording.

Guardians also can e-book rides for youngsters, they usually also can set month-to-month journey limits to limit the variety of journeys. Uber requires guardians in India so as to add a credit score or debit card to their account to ask a young person to their household profile. As soon as added, guardians and teenagers can e-book rides utilizing any cost technique, together with money.

Teenagers also can deliver riders aged between 13-17 with them, per the main points obtainable on a support page, however it’s not clear how the consent mechanism for this may work.

Uber stated it would additionally carry out extra background checks on drivers.

The transfer comes practically two years after the service was launched within the U.S. and Canada, because the ride-hailing app plans to develop in India and tackle home rivals Ola, Rapido, Namma Yatri and BluSmart.

Uber for Teenagers is currently live in about 50 countries, in response to the corporate’s This fall outcomes assertion final month. The corporate has additionally launched separate profiles for youngsters in some markets, letting them pay utilizing their very own cost strategies and money.

For the previous few months, Uber has added a number of options like concurrent rides, flexible pricing, and prepaid item pickups to cater to Indians’ altering transportation wants. The corporate additionally lately ditched commissions on auto-rickshaw bookings, as an alternative instituting a every day subscription cost.