Uber's Simplified App for Seniors Is Launching Nationwide

One month after debuting a pilot version of its app for older people, Uber is now launching the feature nationwide, the company said Wednesday. The more streamlined design aims to make ride-hailing simpler by displaying larger text and fewer steps, and by surfacing frequent destinations like home or the doctor's office. Senior accounts are part of Uber's family profile feature. You can invite an older adult to join and select the Senior option. After they accept the invite, their account will automatically adopt that simpler interface. Alternatively, older adults can go to the Account section of the Uber app and turn on Simple mode. This will serve up that same streamlined interface, even if they're not connected to a family profile. Uber's senior accounts have a more simplified interface. Uber Uber announced senior accounts in May -- just as Lyft was gearing up to launch a similar capability -- and rolled out the feature as a test in Phoenix and Orlando. Following the US launch, s ... Read full article.