Google removes Uber affiliation in Maps with no explanation

If you’re attractive for the Google Maps Uber affiliation feature, you’ll apprehension that it’s not there. We don’t apperceive why it’s gone either.

In January of 2017, Google fabricated accepting an Uber ride easier than anytime by amalgam Uber anon into Google Maps. However, for affidavit currently unknown, Google aloof removed that integration.

Previously, you could attending up a avenue for a ride-sharing cruise and analyze appraisement from assorted services, including Uber. If you absitively that demography an Uber was what you wanted, you could book the ride appropriate in Google Maps (assuming you set up the affiliation with your Uber annual previously). This amalgamation of casework fabricated it so users didn’t alike accept to accessible the Uber app to book a ride.

Now though, that account affiliation is gone – and we accept no abstraction why.

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Neither Google or Uber fabricated any official advertisement on the matter, but Google’s abutment folio apropos to the “Request a ride” affection aural Google Maps now says this:

“You can no best book Uber rides anon in Google Maps. But you can still attending up the avenue in the Maps app and again appeal the ride from the Uber app.”

One accessible annual for this is that Uber doesn’t appetite users to be able to book rides afterwards application the Uber app. If that is the case, again this affiliation abatement has annihilation to do with Google at all.

However, addition accessible annual is that Google pulled the account afterwards the cord of abrogating columnist Uber has accustomed over the accomplished year, which Uber is still aggravating to adjust through new app appearance and staffing shake-ups.

It’s accessible that Google or Uber could accomplish an official advertisement answer the affection removal, but for now, you’ll accept to use the Uber app anon if you appetite to book a ride through that service.

Or you could aloof use Lyft, which still has Google Maps affiliation and has a abundant bigger aggregation clue record.

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• Since January 2017, you could book an Uber ride appropriate in the Google Maps app.
• The affection has now been removed with no annual from either Google or Uber.
• Going forward, to book an Uber ride, you will accept to use the Uber app.

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