Uber has shut down its Apple Watch application silently, with the software now displaying a text which commands the masses to “please switch to the mobile application of Uber.” The company is no more holding up the Apple Watch app,” according to the message, which ends with Uber saying sorry for any trouble that happened by the application’s discontinuation. There is also a sad face emoji for driving that emotion home.
As acclaimed by MacRumors, Uber has not eradicated the Apple Watch app yet from its listing on App Store, where it still acquire its screenshots and tab. Probably, that would all be history once the company gets the chance to deliver its upcoming update in the iOS application. The Verge has outreached to Uber for more explanations, and if we had to imagine, the company is about to mention low usage as the major logic, especially for its Apple wrist Watch exit.
On the other side, it is another latest example of smartwatches initiating to drop apps — even those that are famous enormously and borderline essential on a smart mobile which is not focused on their aim of fitness analyzing music playback, and notifications, etc. we have long had Uber downloaded on my Apple wrist Watch, meanwhile, we don’t imagine there was any a single function where we dropped a ride from the wrist.
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Uber had terminated support for its WearOS application more than 2 years ago; therefore this is not like the platform Google that proceeded much better with the client’s engagement. Lyft has been not involved in this game since the year 2018. Possibly, this is a case where the form factor just is not the best match for the service.
The Apple wrist Watch application has given barebones ride-hailing compatibility, with more renovated choices for separating fares and sharing a reserved ETA for the complete mobile application. Uber starts to suggest its central application for iPhone and a bigger variant for the iPad.
