--- title: Uber Just Made It Easier for You to Tip Your Drivers description: As part of a larger rebranding effort from the ride-hailing company, Uber is now allowing passengers to tip their drivers authors: - name: Jennifer Calfas url: https://money.com/author/jennifer-calfas/ at_money_since: 2017 articles: 339 covers: - Lifestyle - Banking - Business - Career Advice - Credit Cards - Economy and Politics - Education - Housing - Identity Theft - Insurance - Investing - Loans - Personal Finance - Pets - Retirement - Shopping - Taxes - Technology social: - https://x.com/jencalfas former_staff: true published: '2017-06-20T18:47:39.000Z' modified: '2024-04-17T06:07:15.000Z' section: Lifestyle tags: - onetime - tipping - Uber word_count: 392 canonical: https://money.com/uber-tip-drivers/ type: Article source: structured-blocks --- > **Disclosure:** We research all brands listed and may earn a fee from our partners. Research and financial considerations may influence how brands are displayed. Not all brands are included. [Learn more](https://money.com/page/disclaimer/). ![Uber Technologies Inc. Electric Car Taxi Service In Madrid](https://img.money.com/2017/03/uber-app.jpg) *The Uber Technologies Inc. ride-hailing service smartphone app sits on a smartphone display.* [Uber](https://time.com/4805948/uber-diversity-report-bernard-coleman/) is now allowing passengers to tip their drivers — a decision that reflects a larger effort from the ride-hailing company to rebrand its image. Starting Tuesday, Uber customers in [Seattle](https://money.com/seattle-gun-tax/), [Minneapolis](https://time.com/4314125/prince-minneapolis-hometown/) and [Houston](https://time.com/4780332/bacteria-superbug-houston/) are able to tip their drivers — and the option will be available in all U.S. cities by the end of July, the company announced [in an e-mail to drivers](https://pages.et.uber.com/180-days/) on Tuesday. Uber has long avoided adding a tipping feature — which has been [available](https://help.lyft.com/hc/en-us/articles/213583978-How-to-Tip-Your-Driver) on competitor Lyft's app. But the company is in the middle of a brand overhaul following revelations of sexual harassment at the company. Riders won't be required to provide a tip, but can choose from different suggested tip amounts or enter their own amount. Here's how drivers can start accepting tips: Update or download the most recent version of the Uber Driver app, close and restart the app, and then tap "Accept Tips." The tips are automatically added to the total earnings for each driver, and no service fees are applied to them, the company [said](https://www.uber.com/drive/resources/how-tips-work/). Drivers can accept tips for any kind of trip they take — ranging from uberX trips to UberEats deliveries. In an April 2016 blog post defending its stance on tipping at the time, Uber said it's "better for riders and drivers to know for sure what they would pay or earn on each trip  —  without the uncertainty of tipping." But tipping isn't the only financial benefit drivers will now receive. As part of what Uber is calling the "[180 Days of Change](https://www.uber.com/info/180-days/)," the company said it make will "major improvements" for drivers over the next six months. Though not every change has been announced, Uber will also shorten its cancellation window to two minutes from five minutes — making it less likely users will cancel rides they've already booked — and drivers will get a portion of Uber's "teen fare," which parents can use to organize rides for their teenage children. Last week, Uber released [a number of recommendations](http://fortune.com/2017/06/13/uber-internal-investigation-results-public/) as a result of an internal investigation led by former U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder, which included guidance on adopting a zero-tolerance policy on harassment and discrimination, and conducting reviews of its pay practices. Citing his mother's recent death, Uber CEO Travis Kalanick announced he would take an [indefinite leave of absence](http://fortune.com/2017/06/13/uber-ceo-travis-kalanick-leave-of-absence/) from the company last week. ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "BreadcrumbList", "@id": "https://money.com/uber-tip-drivers/#breadcrumb", "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "name": "Home", "item": "https://money.com" }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "name": "Lifestyle", "item": "https://money.com/lifestyle/" }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 3, "name": "Travel", "item": "https://money.com/travel/" }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 4, "name": "Uber Just Made It Easier for You to Tip Your Drivers" } ] }, { "@type": "WebSite", "@id": "https://money.com/#website", "url": "https://money.com", "name": "Money", "publisher": { "@id": "https://money.com/#organization" } }, { "@type": "WebPage", "@id": "https://money.com/uber-tip-drivers/#webpage", "url": "https://money.com/uber-tip-drivers/", "name": "Uber Just Made It Easier for You to Tip Your Drivers", "isPartOf": { "@id": "https://money.com/#website" }, "datePublished": "2017-06-20T18:47:39.000Z", "mainEntity": { "@id": "https://money.com/uber-tip-drivers/" }, "inLanguage": "en-US", "breadcrumb": { "@id": "https://money.com/uber-tip-drivers/#breadcrumb" }, "dateModified": "2024-04-17T06:07:15.000Z" }, { "@type": "Article", "headline": "Uber Just Made It Easier for You to Tip Your Drivers", "articleSection": "Lifestyle", "image": [ { "@type": "ImageObject", "url": "https://img.money.com/2017/03/uber-app.jpg", "width": 4000, "height": 2667, "caption": "Uber Technologies Inc. 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