Uber launches new app for drivers

A taxi drives past a phone displaying the Uber app in Barcelona on March 13, 2018. Uber said it was back in Barcelona with 120 professional drivers after it was forced out three years ago over the suspension of its service that enables unregulated drivers to ferry passengers for money using their own cars. / AFP PHOTO / PAU BARRENA

Uber Technologies Inc on April 10 unveiled a new app for its drivers that includes a real-time earnings tracker, the latest effort by the ride-hailing service to improve an often contentious relationship. 

The move follows Uber’s ‘180 days of change’ programme that was launched last June to make changes requested by drivers, such as tipping and compensation for the time spent waiting for passengers.