Uber is teaming up with AT&T to bring an interesting new perk to some of its cars. The next ride\u00a0you hail may just offer a live stream of college football.<\/p>\n
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For now the new promotion is limited to just ten\u00a0Chevrolet Tahoes in four cities for four days. Specifically, the connected cars will roam the streets on Saturdays in October and November. Each vehicle will be equipped with mounted tablets for watching the game, along with wireless headphones and phone chargers.<\/p>\n
AT&T is providing the stream\u00a0through its U-verse TV app and powering the stream with\u00a0its LTE network. The carrier is already working with nine different automakers to bring its service to future vehicles. Turning your car into a hotspot has plenty of obvious advantages, and the possibility of watching live sports and other TV is probably pretty high on that list for most people.<\/p>\n
It\u2019s unclear if Uber plans to expand this service beyond the initial ten cars and four cities. The company doesn\u2019t actually own the cars that make up its fleet, so it can\u2019t really control what kind of perks each driver offers.\u00a0For now this feels more like a gimmick than anything else, though maybe Uber will prove us wrong.<\/p>\n