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DoorDash Working on Live Activities Support Ahead of Dynamic Island Expanding to All iPhone 15 Models

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The latest version of the DoorDash app for iPhone contains code-level references to Live Activities, according to software researcher @aaronp613, suggesting that the app will soon widely support the feature. DoorDash already had a Live Activities toggle visible in the Settings app for a few months, but the feature does not appear to be functional yet.

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Live Activities allows iPhone users to stay on top of real-time events right on the Lock Screen on any iPhone model compatible with iOS 16, and in the Dynamic Island on the iPhone 14 Pro and iPhone 14 Pro Max. Apple is expected to expand the Dynamic Island to all four iPhone 15 models set to be announced on Tuesday, September 12.

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For the DoorDash app, Live Activities will enable users to more easily track the status of their food delivery order and the ETA at a glance. DoorDash competitor Uber Eats rolled out support for the feature worldwide in May.

Other popular apps that support Live Activities include the NBA and MLB apps for basketball and baseball games, Flighty for flight tracking, Citymapper for public transit, ParkMobile for parking, and CARROT Weather for weather forecasts. Google Maps also continues to work on Live Activities support after promising to offer the feature.



Article Link: DoorDash Working on Live Activities Support Ahead of Dynamic Island Expanding to All iPhone 15 Models
 
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Sorinut said:
We're fairly well-off, and have never used a food or grocery delivery service. I don't see the point? 🤷🏻‍♂️
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Here's the point, I've made enough money to not have to do any manual labor... that includes operating a motor vehicle (i have a chauffeur for that), manually walking through the grocery store (servant), etc. I usually have them handle this, but sometimes I'm feeling generous and want to give them a break. In that case, DoorDash to the rescue. In addition, some items at places are DoorDash exclusive
 
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NewtonPippin said:
Here's the point, I've made enough money to not have to do any manual labor... that includes operating a motor vehicle (i have a chauffeur for that), manually walking through the grocery store (servant), etc. I usually have them handle this, but sometimes I'm feeling generous and want to give them a break. In that case, DoorDash to the rescue. In addition, some items at places are DoorDash exclusive
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Neither of us do manual labor as a job (I'm in healthcare and her in law). We like driving, cooking, working in our vegetable garden, tending to chickens, maintaining the property and house/buildings. Doing things is fun..sitting around sucks, but we're both extremely physically active and get bored easily

To each their own.
 
Heat_Fan89 said:
Good gosh, are people that lazy that they can't get their butts off the sofa and go get their own fast food or go to the supermarket? :eek:
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I can’t drive.
Walking is unfortunately not an option at all times.
As someone who can’t (not won’t, but can not) drive, suggest me a solution that doesn’t involve another person’s vehicle on how I can get my groceries and or items of any kind.
And I can think of hundreds of reasons why someone might require something delivered instead of jumping through who knows how many hoops to get what they need.

Sorinut said:
We're fairly well-off, and have never used a food or grocery delivery service. I don't see the point? 🤷🏻‍♂️
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Good for you.
I’m sure there are things you do that I would never see the point of.
 
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NewtonPippin said:
Here's the point, I've made enough money to not have to do any manual labor... that includes operating a motor vehicle (i have a chauffeur for that), manually walking through the grocery store (servant), etc. I usually have them handle this, but sometimes I'm feeling generous and want to give them a break. In that case, DoorDash to the rescue. In addition, some items at places are DoorDash exclusive
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I’m not fairly well off but I am not what I would consider poor either. I don’t have servants, but I use DoorDash occasionally. I’m sure the majority of their customers are just average people.
 
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If only these developers got their s—t together sooner — I'd have an easier time explaining why the dynamic island is so awesome to all the skeptics. Because apparently my example of simultaneous Uber & gate/boarding time from United just isn't impressive enough!
 
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Sorinut said:
Neither of us do manual labor as a job (I'm in healthcare and her in law). We like driving, cooking, working in our vegetable garden, tending to chickens, maintaining the property and house/buildings. Doing things is fun..sitting around sucks, but we're both extremely physically active and get bored easily

To each their own.
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I like how this is said as if you can’t do all of those things… And also get food delivered every once in a while.
It’s one or the other…
 
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Can't seem to work Uber live activity on my phone, tried many times and have basically given up
 
Heat_Fan89 said:
Good gosh, are people that lazy that they can't get their butts off the sofa and go get their own fast food or go to the supermarket? :eek:
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russell_314 said:
I’m not fairly well off but I am not what I would consider poor either. I don’t have servants, but I use DoorDash occasionally. I’m sure the majority of their customers are just average people.
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I used to be a Doordash driver and it was a completely normal ratio of normal people to rich. Out of every 25 orders it was probably... 1 super rich, 5 wealthy looking, 19 normal people. And this was just the orders I accepted, and I usually denied deliveries for bad tips, so this is skewed. Many times grocery orders from Walmart or CVS would go to older folks who seemed to have trouble getting out of the house. Many seemed to be parents who didn't want to leave the house to get takeout for their kids. I'm not really sure where the concept that this is some service for rich out of touch folks is coming from.

This being said, I have never once used Doordash as the customer. I don't mind picking up my own food.
 
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Heat_Fan89 said:
Good gosh, are people that lazy that they can't get their butts off the sofa and go get their own fast food or go to the supermarket? :eek:
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From your narrow perspective apparently. I know when I forget my lunch for work (not sitting on the sofa) it comes in super handy. I'm sure others have similar uses.
 
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Cool I guess.

UberEats was using LiveActivities in their app then all of the sudden about two weeks ago it just stopped.
 
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