Logo of the Uber and Facebook are seen through magnifier on display in this illustration taken in Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina, December 16, 2015. Facebook Inc said on Wednesday it is testing a service that will allow users of its Messenger app to hail Uber rides directly from the app, without leaving a conversation or downloading the ride-hailing app. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic
SAN FRANCISCO: Facebook announced an alliance with Uber that lets people summon cars from the ride sharing service using the Messenger smartphone application.
The partnership was a major move for both California firms, further expanding Facebook’s stand-alone messaging service beyond simply communicating and putting Uber in a social network-backed application with some 700 million users.
