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Uber has been paying attention to the rising prices of goods, updating their UberEats app this week with new tools to help you save time and money. Now, you will be able to pay with SNAP/EBT, FSA cards and more! Plus, they added some additional features to help you find items quicker.

SNAP/EBT on UberEats

SNAP and EBT recipients will be able to use their benefits across UberEats’ extensive local delivery networks. While this new feature won’t be available to 2024, it will be a great step forward to reducing barriers to fresh groceries. 

Healthcare Benefit Payments on UberEats

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Safety should always be a top priority when taking a rideshare. One of the best safety features you can utilize is sharing your ride information with trusted family or friends. Lyft has an easy way within their application for riders to quickly (and even automatically) share ride details with whomever they choose. 

When you share your Lyft ride details with someone, they'll get a link that shows them the following:

• Your pickup and drop-off locations
• The approximate GPS location of your ride
• Your driver's name and photo
• Your driver's vehicle info and license plate number
  
  

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Today Lyft announced their newest Lyft app feature, Women+ Connect. Women+ Connect is a new preference feature that prioritizes matches between women and nonbinary drivers and riders. This feature is one of the most highly requested by our riders at RideGuru so we are happy to be able to share this wonderful news! 

How Lyft’s Women+ Connect Works

Women+ Connect allows women and nonbinary drivers to choose to priority match with women and nonbinary riders. Through the Lyft driver’s app, this new feature offers the option to turn on a preference to prioritize matches with other nearby …

Summer is over and it's no longer perfect weather for the beach. Have no fear, there are still so many places to go this fall! No matter what city you live in, there is a place for you to Uber or Lyft and enjoy these crisp days. So, hop into Fall and enjoy the ride!

1. Apple Picking: 'Tis the season of fresh crisp apples! Even if you're from the city, there is bound to be an apple orchard nearby, and a rideshare can always take you there and pick you up! Enjoy the fruit, and don't forget to grab a …

The Uber app has released many safety features over the past decade and while many are common knowledge we wanted to cover three that aren't so well know, Audible Seat Belt Alerts, RideCheck Enhancements, and Audio Recording. Learn about these three unique features and how to utilize them.

Audible Seat Belt Alerts

Audible Seat Belt Alerts is a proactive, audio alert that reminds riders to buckle up at the start of a trip! The audio alert will sound from the driver’s phone and will simultaneously be accompanied by a push notification to the rider’s phone. 

RideCheck Enhancements

RideCheck Enhancements were …