Lyft removed the option to split ride fares with other passengers, but says an "easier" option is coming soon

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• Lyft just removed Split Pay, the feature that lets users split ride fares with other passengers.
• The ride-hailing company didn't offer a reason for removing the feature, but said "easier and smoother ways to split your fare" are coming next year.
• Uber, Lyft's direct competitor, still offers fare splitting.

Trying to get your friend to cover their half of the Lyft ride might have gotten a little more difficult.

Lyft confirmed that it removed Split Pay, the feature that lets users split ride fares with other passengers. A spokesperson for the ride-hailing company didn't offer a reason for removing the feature, but said "easier and smoother ways to split your fare" are coming next year.

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The Split Pay feature, which was added in 2014, offered users an in-app method of splitting a fare with up to five people from the phone's contact list. Uber, Lyft's direct competitor, still offers an in-app fare-splitting feature.

So for now, you'll need to resort to Venmo or other payment apps to make sure everyone pays their part when catching a ride with Lyft.