Uber is introducing a new safety feature designed to give parents and guardians more visibility when their teenagers travel alone. The company has begun rolling out live video streaming for Uber Teen Accounts, allowing a linked parent or guardian to watch the ride in real time through the driver’s smartphone camera.
How the new feature works: When a teen’s Uber trip begins and live video is available, the linked parent or guardian receives a notification in the Uber app. The parent can then tap the notification to view a live feed from the driver’s front-facing camera, which is positioned to provide a view of the vehicle’s back seat.
The feature isn’t an always-on livestream. Parents have to actively choose to watch, and both the teen and driver are notified when the parent starts viewing. The stream automatically ends when the trip is completed.
Uber says only the parent or guardian linked to the teen’s account can access the livestream.
It’s part of a bigger teen-safety system: Live video isn’t replacing Uber’s existing safety measures. Teen Accounts already include several protections, including PIN verification, automatic trip tracking and RideCheck, which can detect situations such as unexpected stops or possible crashes. Uber also offers optional audio recording for teen trips.
Teen Accounts were launched in the U.S. in 2023 and have since expanded to more than 50 countries. The program is designed to give teenagers some independence while allowing parents to maintain visibility over their trips.
Where is live video available?: The live-video feature began rolling out on August 25, 2026, initially in nine U.S. markets, including Atlanta, Phoenix, Orlando, Cleveland, Raleigh-Durham, Portland, San Antonio, Rhode Island and El Paso. Uber says it plans to expand the feature nationwide in the coming weeks.
That means the feature isn’t yet available everywhere, including California at the time of the initial rollout.
Privacy Remains An Important Question:
Uber says the live video is encrypted and that access is limited to the linked guardian. However, reports have noted an important distinction: it remains unclear whether the livestream is end-to-end encrypted, meaning Uber’s technical ability to access the video has not been completely clarified.
There is also a privacy consideration if the teen has another passenger in the vehicle. Other riders could potentially appear in the camera’s view, and there isn’t currently a separate mechanism for those passengers to opt out of appearing in the stream.
Why Uber Is Doing This: The launch comes as families return to school routines and more teenagers use ridesharing to get to school, sports practices, friends’ homes and other activities without a parent in the vehicle.
For parents, the feature provides something that traditional GPS tracking can’t: an actual real-time view of what’s happening inside the vehicle.
It’s also another example of how ridesharing companies are increasingly using smartphones, cameras and connected safety systems to give parents greater control over and visibility into their children’s independent travel.
The Broader Impact: Uber’s new live-video feature could provide parents with significantly more peace of mind, but it also introduces new questions about privacy, consent and how video captured inside a vehicle should be handled. For now, Uber appears to be positioning the technology as an additional safety layer rather than a replacement for its existing Teen Account protections.
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