Grab has announced that the GrabShare option - which allows commuters to share a private-hire car - will now include taxis, with effect from 16th May.
Grab currently has another carpooling service - GrabHitch - but it uses a separate group of drivers who ferry others on a not-for-profit basis.
Uber's cab booking service UberTaxi was given the green light by the Land Transport Authority to continue operating in Singapore.
Cab booking apps GrabTaxi and Hailo have complied and successfully registered under a new regulatory framework, whilst Pair Taxi's application was rejected.
Third-party ride-booking apps, GrabTaxi and Uber will hide phone numbers to prevent drivers from making unsolicited contact with passengers.
Ride-hailing app GrabTaxi, which competes with Uber in Southeast Asia, is planning to launch a carpooling service in Singapore.
Karhoo, a London and New York-based ride-booking app, is in talks with operators here to offer journey aggregator services for commuters.
Slowdown in deregistrations of old cars as taxi app firms, such as Uber and GrabTaxi, snap up near-COE-expiry cars for their fleets.
GrabTaxi is aiming for a fleet of 600 taxis by the end of the year, with the first cabs rolling out in about two months' time.
GrabTaxi has been voted the most popular taxi booking app, garnering 45 percent of all votes in an online poll conducted by The Straits Times.
Higher-end limousine rides are growing in popularity as more Singaporeans turn to apps to get a taxi, say app providers such as Uber Black and GrabCar.
GrabTaxi, a smart phone taxi booking app, has seen usage rise a hundredfold since its start up, and has secured a third round of funding.
Reminiscent of popular app, GrabTaxi, consumers of GrabCar can now hire an on-demand driver in a premium car without hassle and added ownership costs.
Taxi drivers in Singapore using taxi booking smartphone app, GrabTaxi, can now pay GrabTaxi fees via their M1 bills.
Taxi booking app GrabTaxi has grown to become the second largest taxi network in Singapore, attracting cabbies with incentives.
GrabTaxi, a Singapore based taxi booking app, has raised additional funding from Vertex Venture Holdings - a unit of Temasek Holdings.
A new service on a taxi booking app that allows passengers pay drivers more to hail a taxi is being removed as it might not comply with regulations.