Our in-app chat makes customer-driver communication as smooth as one may expect!
It is available for both instant bookings and pre-orders.
In-app chat benefits :
It is a user-friendly way of driver-customer interaction which offers an alternative to sms and phone calls
It is free of charge as opposed to sms and phone calls, billable per operator tariffs
It secures customer-driver personal data confidentiality as no phone numbers are revealed within chat (NB: customer and driver phone numbers are still accessible by the parties via sms and phone calls).
It caters for the customers with voice and ear impediments who can not make contact via a regular phone call
It temporarily stores the log of communication on this or that ride in case a reference is required later on (to be implemented in Stage 2)
In-app chat features :
- available for apps staring version 0.39.03 (for pre-orders - version 0.45.06)
- accessible for both customer and driver
- a standalone call-masking alternative to regular calls/sms where customer/driver phone numbers are shown
- both driver and customer are allowed to open a conversation for trips starting from status “Accepted”
- a customer can send a message until the driver swipes ”Start the trip”
- a driver can send a message in the course of the whole trip till he “Swipes to finish” (en-route messages are shown to a customer only as push notifications)
- chat messages are duplicated as push notifications
- group chats are not allowed
- driver-customer communication is possible even if the parties do not use the apps of the same company
- in-app chat is available for pre-orders if "Show passenger details before preorder starts" checkbox in service settings are activated
Stay tuned for further updates and improvements.
May your customer-driver communication be as pleasant as it can!