Autocab Driver Companion10.1 - App Store

Driver Companion is designed to improve driver efficiency and profitability, by enabling your drivers to work smarter, not harder..

Working in conjunction with your Operator’s Ghost booking and dispatch system, Driver Companion lets you receive and manage bookings directly from your iPhone.

With Driver Companion, you can:

. View available bookings
. Navigate all points in your journey using GPS
. Take app, card or account payments right in the vehicle
. Interact with the office via built-in text message
. Take advantage of automated pricing
. See your pre-allocated bookings to help plan your day

Taxi & limo operators - to find out more about the world's largest booking and dispatch system (including Driver Companion and Passenger App), visit: https://www.autocab.com/

Version History Minor bugfixes 10.1 04/29/2024 Updated translations, improvements and bug fixes 10.0 04/09/2024 * Biometric sign in
* Voice commands on receiving a job
* Bug fixes 9.12.3 01/24/2024 * Biometric sign in
* Voice commands on receiving a job
* Bug fixes 9.12.1 11/20/2023 Added translations for languages
1) French
2) Czech

Manual sumup connection 9.11.5 10/26/2023 Submitting Vehicle Docs Off-Shift

While off-shift, drivers can now submit any vehicle-related documents. Previously, the user could only upload drivers' documents while off-shift, posing an issue for those required to
submit vehicle documents.
Setting for Default Job Offer View

We have added a setting that enables drivers to select their preferred display of the job offer screen, choosing between the map view or the detailed list view.
Bid While Busy: Follow on Booking Flow

Upon assigning a successful Bid While Busy job to a driver, the job becomes a Follow on Booking (FOB) and follows through the existing FOB flow, improving dispatch times and offering more driver availability.
Prebooking Push Notifications

When Driver Companion is active in the background, push notifications can alert drivers to any available prebookings to avoid missing out on any potential jobs.
Bid for Prebooking: Late Booking Prevention

By combining the logic of our Bid for Prebooking feature and preventative measures for late prebookings, drivers can no longer bid on prebookings if they cannot meet the pickup time. When bidding on advanced jobs, our system assesses whether a driver can adhere to the pickup time and alerts the driver via a pop-up if they cannot bid and the reasoning behind why.
Releasing Prebookings Off-Shift

Drivers can now release a prebooking while off-shift from the Assigned to Me tab, sending the booking to the active screen and allowing drivers to start their shift as busy on that job.
For more information please visit the Autocab Help Website 9.11.4 09/29/2023 Submitting Vehicle Docs Off-Shift

While off-shift, drivers can now submit any vehicle-related documents. Previously, the user could only upload drivers' documents while off-shift, posing an issue for those required to
submit vehicle documents.
Setting for Default Job Offer View

We have added a setting that enables drivers to select their preferred display of the job offer screen, choosing between the map view or the detailed list view.
Bid While Busy: Follow on Booking Flow

Upon assigning a successful Bid While Busy job to a driver, the job becomes a Follow on Booking (FOB) and follows through the existing FOB flow, improving dispatch times and offering more driver availability.
Prebooking Push Notifications

When Driver Companion is active in the background, push notifications can alert drivers to any available prebookings to avoid missing out on any potential jobs.
Bid for Prebooking: Late Booking Prevention

By combining the logic of our Bid for Prebooking feature and preventative measures for late prebookings, drivers can no longer bid on prebookings if they cannot meet the pickup time. When bidding on advanced jobs, our system assesses whether a driver can adhere to the pickup time and alerts the driver via a pop-up if they cannot bid and the reasoning behind why.
Releasing Prebookings Off-Shift

Drivers can now release a prebooking while off-shift from the Assigned to Me tab, sending the booking to the active screen and allowing drivers to start their shift as busy on that job.
For more information please visit the Autocab Help Website 9.11 09/26/2023 Driver Companion Recover version 9.10.3 06/26/2023 Autobid
Drivers can now automatically bid on active work based on criteria they set based on Zones or Capabilities.

Bid For Active
Your drivers can now see a list of active bookings and bid for active bookings.

Pay by Previous Card
Drivers can now pay their rent using a previously used card on their driver sheets. (Judo Pay)

LynkPay Web App Integration
LynkPay can now be accessed from within the Driver Companion app.
Allowing you to cash out your balance straight into your nominated bank account at anytime.

Booking ID to Fare Screen
Booking ID is now visible at end of job on the fare screen. 9.9.1 05/23/2023 Updating SumupSDK to support 108 or later SumUp Air readers 9.8.4 04/19/2023 Fixes for reported issues
1) Add via button missing from the menu
2) Follow On Booking - Can not see the message when returning to iOS DC 9.8.3 03/30/2023 1) Job Search Code:
The job code search feature allows you to search for and manually book yourself onto a booking if you have the correct job code. You can find this option in the right-hand menu. 
2) Dual Queue Zones:
You can now have dual queue zones that allow you to maintain two queue positions when entering a zone within another zone.
3) Documents Upload:
You can now upload documents via Driver Companion and send them to your company for verification and approval.
4) Prevent Late Prebookings:
The prevent late prebookings feature will prevent pre-bookings from being dispatched to you which may cause you to be late for your next booking.
5) Zone updates:
New zone updates will be displayed on the zones screen if your zones have been updated recently by your company. 
6) Passenger reliability rating:
You can now see if your passenger is a regular or has a good reliability rating.
7) Bid for Prebookings: You can now bid for pre-bookings (pre-selected future work) within the Prebookings section of Driver Companion.
9) SumUp: Pay Driver Direct:
Payments made using a SumUp device can now be paid directly into your personal driver account, rather than being passed through the Ghost system.
10)Resend pay by link:
If a previous 'pay by link' fails or isn't completed by a passenger, then you can now resend the link. 9.8.1 02/14/2023 Bug fixes and performance improvements 9.4.14 11/29/2022 Bug fixes and performance improvements.
Fix Login in issue. 9.4.12 10/17/2022 Bug fixes and performance improvements.
Fix Login in issue. 9.4.9 08/11/2022 New in 9.4:
• SumUp Integrations
• The New Zone Broadcast
• Added Journey View
• Support for Charging Areas
• Driver Initiated Pay-by-link
• Support for Loyalty Card
• Added Expandable Job Info
• Added option to select Destination on Map
• Added Flight Information
• Added Message Centre to the Journey View
• Added Signature UI
Also includes Bug fixes and under the hood improvements.
List of issues that was resolved:
[IDC-730] Connection problem after driver has being at work for some time
[IDC-731] On Shift toggle not moving back if there is no command sent to Ghost
[IDC-740] Job code release option not working properly
[IDC-736] Gratuity does not appear at the end of the journey
[IDC-737] Google maps fix animations and route behaviour
[IDC-737] Job details not displaying correct stage of the job 9.4.8 08/09/2022 New in 9.4:
• SumUp Integrations
• The New Zone Broadcast
• Added Journey View
• Support for Charging Areas
• Driver Initiated Pay-by-link
• Support for Loyalty Card
• Added Expandable Job Info
• Added option to select Destination on Map
• Added Flight Information
• Added Message Centre to the Journey View
• Added Signature UI
Also includes Bug fixes and under the hood improvements. 9.4.7 07/11/2022 New in 9.4:
• SumUp Integrations
• The New Zone Broadcast
• Added Journey View
• Support for Charging Areas
• Driver Initiated Pay-by-link
• Support for Loyalty Card
• Added Expandable Job Info
• Added option to select Destination on Map
• Added Flight Information
• Added Message Centre to the Journey View
• Added Signature UI

Also includes Bug fixes and under the hood improvements. 9.4.4 06/20/2022 Further bug fixes and improvements around:

Broadcast counts.
Destination mode.
PayPal SDK.
Font size.
Colour section for capabilities.
Street Pickup.
PayPal on payment being refused.
PayPal Bluetooth connection issue. 9.3.12 09/27/2021 Further Bug fixes and improvements around Destination mode, UI and Bidding. 9.3.8 08/09/2021 Further fixes and improvements. 9.3.7 07/26/2021 Connection problems when loosing connection to PayPal Ble Device 9.3.6 07/13/2021 Functionality improvements and bug fixes for previous version 9.3.2 06/18/2021 Bug fixes and performance improvements 9.3.1 06/15/2021 General bugfix update to improve performance:
1) Handling and reporting wrong locations on updated job details
2) Updated system logging 9.2.21 11/09/2020