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You can now ask Siri and Apple Maps to hail you an Uber

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By Andrew J . Hawkins Sep 14, 2016, 5:01p

Thanks to the recent arrival of the iOS 10 update, iPhone users can use both Siri and Apple Maps to hail an Uber car. Uber announced back in June that these integrations would be available to customers soon, and now here they are.

To get these latest features just download iOS 10, and then update your Uber app. Then you can either ask Siri to call you an Uber, or do it within Apple Maps under the "Ride" tab.

You can already hail an Uber from within Google Maps, after the search giant started adding ride-hail options under their own dedicated tab.

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