Airbnb expands its Reserve Now, Pay Later feature globally, after a US pilot for domestic travel saw a 70% adoption rate for eligible bookings
Airbnb said on Tuesday that it is launching its “Reserve Now, Pay Later” feature — which lets users secure bookings without immediate payment — globally.
Airbnb says its custom-built AI agent now handles ~33% of its customer support issues in North America, and it is preparing to roll out the feature globally
Airbnb says its custom-built AI agent is now handling roughly a third of its customer support issues in North America, and it's preparing to roll out the feature globally.
Airbnb says it will launch a three-month pilot on January 5 that lets guests order groceries via Instacart within its app in Phoenix, Orlando, and Los Angeles
Airbnb Inc. is testing a new service with Instacart that will let guests at some US rentals order groceries through the home-sharing app ahead of and during their stay.
Brian Chesky says Airbnb didn't integrate its app with ChatGPT because ChatGPT integrations aren't “quite ready” yet, and he advised Sam Altman on ChatGPT apps
Airbnb Inc. Chief Executive Officer Brian Chesky said he didn't integrate his company's online travel app …
At a “couples retreat” for human-AI pairs, users of services like Replika and Nomi grapple with the virtual reality and emotional limits of their partners
I found people in serious relationships with AI partners and planned a weekend getaway for them at a remote Airbnb. We barely survived. Bluesky: @wired.com , @manishakrishnan , @rusty.todayintabs.com...
As the world moves toward digital artificiality, Airbnb's redesign and Apple's Liquid Glass UI bring back skeuomorphism and dimensionality to digital interfaces
From Airbnb's new app icons to Apple's “Liquid Glass” design, skeuomorphism is back and everything in the digital world has dimensionality again. Threads: @asallen . X: @austincarr , @asallen , and @a...
Samsung Galaxy Z Fold6 review: very good battery life, easy multitasking, and seven years of updates, but narrow cover screen, bulky, heavy, and expensive
Samsung's flagship foldable is as good as ever, but it feels anything but fresh. … The Galaxy Z Fold 6 is like staying in a really fancy Airbnb.
Airbnb launches Icons, a new category of experiences that lets users meet celebrities and stay in outlandish venues, like a replica of the house from Pixar's Up
extraordinary experiences from the world's greatest icons Associated Press : Airbnb offering exotic experiences from a Paris museum to the house in ‘Up’ — some for free Natalie Lung / Bloomberg : Airb...
Airbnb plans to overhaul guest reviews, adding a new top-rated badge and tools to communicate more information about properties, as part of its Winter Release
Airbnb has given hotels a run for their money with offerings that are often more flexible, sometimes cheaper …
Airbnb releases several updates, including searching by category, the ability to book two listings for stays over one week, and AirCover travel insurance
The company wants to get the world traveling again — Last year, Airbnb CEO Brian Chesky said that the single-biggest challenge …