Designing the latest generation of Uber Navigation: maps built for ridesharing

The Uber platform currently powers more than 7 billion trips every year. When we <a href="https://medium.com/uber-design/uber-navigation-f662e7611f3" rel="noopener">launched Uber Navigation</a>, the world’s first navigation system designed for ridesharing, in 2017, the platform was handling 4 billion trips annually. After 5 years of growing demands, not only in app use but also in terms of ever-evolving products and features, Uber Navigation was ripe for an overhaul. Notably: <ul> <li>As we continued to ship new trip and navigation features, cracks were starting to show in the product’s design framework. Over the course of a few years, we had shipped numerous feature improvements to the driver experience, but with relatively few accompanying top-level UX framework changes. At the velocity we were shipping, we quickly reached <a href="https://52weeksofux.com/post/694598769/the-local-maximum" rel="noopener ugc nofollow" target="_blank">a local UX maximum</a>. To support future product development, we had to tear down our framework and restart with a clean slate.</li> <li>Uber’s brand and design system had gone through multiple reskins and visual language updates; we wanted the navigation surfaces to reflect a polished, professional feel consistent with the Uber ecosystem.</li> </ul> So in 2022, a group of designers gathered at Uber’s New York City office to rethink Uber Navigation. Visit Now