5 HIDDEN Lyft Driver Features You NEED TO KNOW!

The Lyft app is a great way to make money driving around and there is a lot of functionality within the app. Join RSG contributor Joe as he shares some of the hidden features that will make you a pro driving Lyft.

📺 Lyft Stay Within Area Filter - Everything You Need To Know!

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About The RideShare Guy:

I'm Harry, the founder of The Rideshare Guy. I started driving for Uber and Lyft in 2015 and eventually quit my day job as an aerospace engineer to run The Rideshare Guy full time.

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[Therideshareguy]

❔ Did you know these features? What other features do you know that may be "hidden" Let us know in the comments.

[allenfambro]

They also added the ability to permanently disable the "auto-accept queued rides" feature. Under "Driving Options", then "Driving Preferences".

[leegerg]

Don't you find it amusing that you, not Lyft, are providing this valuable information? It is very clear that drivers are the easiest to take advantage of for both riders and Lyft. Thank you for doing Lyft's job.

[jill]

Rating the passenger five stars. Only if they tip is definitely great advice,

[whiteduck]

Thanks Joe, Just started driving for Lyft again since the pandemic. The app has changed so much. I tried to find an old video from Jay Crader. He had a thank you message that he clicked on and it popped up instead of having to write out thank you’d every time

[brendavilla]

THANK YOU FOR KEEPING IT SIMPLE AND STRAIGHT TO THE POINT WITH YOU VIDEO. THIS WAS VERY HELPFUL.

[HandyDJs]

Thanks for the tip. I knew it all except it bever occured to me to wind down the day by rating all passengers based on whether or not they tipped or were an inconvenience. That is an awesome idea. I'd say 5* for everyone who tips and deduct a point for each of the following: 1. bad odors, 2. Leaving a mess, 3. Not tipping, 4. Inconvenience, 5. Not tipping when i helped carry their luggage.

[CM-coky]

Sorry...one of your hints is incorrect. You cannot 'Thank' your passenger for tipping you. That "Add note" box goes to the passenger. Notice how the box says "Park car to add more DETAILS"?? If it was going to the PAX....it would not say that. Wish we COULD thank the tippers....but we can't. 😐(For example...if you selected: Didn't wear a seat belt, Left a mess, Rude or Other safety issue....the "Add Note" is to further explain one of these issues.) HTH

[lifeofrichard]

I only make them change the address on their app or I will do it on their phone and never on my Driver app. You don't want the PAX to dispute the ride because that the driver change it without PAX permission.

[mohamedbaghdady]

Very helpful video
Many thanks for sharing 🌟🌟🌟

[peaceforall]

I love the stay in your area feature, as a result of this I deserted to lyft !!

[FUNK_DAS_ANTIGAS]

That notes is not shared with pax, it's only for Lyft support.

[hectorrodrig]

On the left side all the way the bottom there is a button that can access the last ride while one is enroute to either pickup or drop-off because while the car is moving, Lyft disables toggling features for safety purposes.

[jayhafe]

I wish I could adjust ride types while I’m on (or on my way to) a trip.
I drive an XL. Sometimes I’ll take a standard Lyft ride if I’ve got a ride bonus. But while I’m on that trip I’d like to switch back to XL only like I can with Uber.

[zjbell]

Great video Joe! Android user here and maybe I'm just missing it but it appears that if I'm working on a bonus the only way I can see the status of that bonus is if I'm offline. I thought there was a way to track it while logged on no?

[thomasdowen]

How do I view the whole map when driving half the screen is blocked by silver information and upcoming rides. How do you move that out-of-the-way so you can see your full map and help would be greatly appreciated. You have a great channel. I just discovered has been very helpful to me. Thank you.

[TheYabbayoo]

Be careful when you set the center of the circle on the stay within area filter. It doesn't work if the center is on a body of water ( river, lake, pond, pool) or if the center is in a field far from the road ( like in park or on a golf course).

[diebsaigh]

I watch your video to see how turn the map to dark mode. My map stays in day time mode and I can’t figure out how to turn it for night mode. Your video still interesting and thank you

[amiedavis]

How do passengers tip? What apps are they using to tip you? I'm asking as I am going to be starting with Lyft here soon.

[SimpatKizirian]

I like to understand how the Lyft app can tell because we get a weekly report on the breaking and the phone usage or the speed how they are detecting all this through the Lyft app. Can you please explain