You can already pay for Uber trips using your PayPal balance, so it shouldn’t come as a surprise that Uber is now adding the same option for Venmo, which is owned by PayPal. Both Uber and Uber Eats customers will be able to cover their rides (or food deliveries) through Venmo. Like PayPal, everything is handled directly in the Uber app — unless you want to split a trip with friends, in which case you’ll have to hop out to the Venmo app. On the plus side, that makes splitting a little more familiar and easy to manage. Venmo has also added custom Uber emoji for the description field in case you want to share those payments in your feed for some reason. The option to use Venmo for Uber payments will be rolling out in the US “in the coming weeks.”
US customers using Uber's car-hailing or Uber Eats services will soon be able to pay using their Venmo-owned PayPal accounts. Transactions will be dealt with via the Uber app, with the exception of bills that need to be split, which require the PayPal app. The PayPal addition is set to roll out in the coming weeks.