Now Light’s minimalist phone can easily call an Uber

Light 极简手机现已支持轻松呼叫 Uber

More than a decade after its Kickstarter proposed a “cell phone designed to be used as little as possible,” Light is adding a direct connection to Uber and Lyft with a new Rideshare tool. For owners of either the Light Phone III or the upcoming Light Flip, they can use it to find pick up / drop off locations, see fares and ETA, and select different trip options or saved locations they frequently visit. They can use it to book the ride, and then see information about the driver and ETA, and call the driver if necessary.

在 Light 的 Kickstarter 项目提出“旨在尽可能少用”的手机理念十多年后，Light 正在通过全新的“拼车（Rideshare）”工具，为手机增加与 Uber 和 Lyft 的直接连接。Light Phone III 或即将推出的 Light Flip 的用户，可以使用该工具查找上下车地点、查看车费和预计到达时间（ETA），并选择不同的行程方案或常用的保存地点。用户可以用它预订行程，查看司机信息和预计到达时间，并在必要时给司机打电话。

It’s an early preview of the LightOS “tool library” SDK that will allow developers to expand the phones’ features while still promising to minimize feeds and notifications. A blog post from Light says that “We’ll open up user submissions for the Tool Library by the end of this month, and look forward to having those available to everyone a few weeks after that!”

这是 LightOS “工具库” SDK 的早期预览版，它将允许开发者在扩展手机功能的同时，依然承诺最大限度地减少信息流和通知。Light 的一篇博客文章称：“我们将在本月底开放工具库的用户提交功能，并期待在几周后将其提供给所有人使用！”

The rideshare integration works via a partnership with Tremp, which already operates an SMS-based way to order rideshares, and users set up access via Light’s dashboard website, just like other LightOS tools. It’s not free to use, however, as Tremp charges a 10 percent service fee with a $2 minimum, but it will waive that fee for the first five rides within 30 days of creating an account.

此次拼车集成是通过与 Tremp 的合作实现的，Tremp 本身已经运营着一种基于短信的拼车预订方式。用户只需像使用其他 LightOS 工具一样，通过 Light 的仪表板网站设置访问权限即可。不过，这项服务并非免费，Tremp 会收取 10% 的服务费（最低 2 美元），但在创建账户后的 30 天内，前五次行程将免除此费用。

The pictures show all the necessary features operating, although we will have to see it in operation to find out if there are any hang-ups. The expansion of app-like features on a minimalist smartphone might seem counterintuitive, but Light cofounder Kaiwei Tang has addressed that previously, saying, “I’m not trying to design vintage phones… I want to design all this modern technology, from the ground up, and eliminate all the bullshit.”

图片显示所有必要的功能都能正常运行，尽管我们仍需实际操作才能确定是否存在任何卡顿或问题。在极简智能手机上扩展类似应用程序的功能似乎有些违背初衷，但 Light 的联合创始人唐凯伟（Kaiwei Tang）此前曾对此回应道：“我并不是要设计复古手机……我想从零开始设计所有这些现代技术，并剔除掉所有无用的糟粕。”

That’s why adding one feature users absolutely need access to — whether it’s a way to call for a ride, access to Spotify playlists, or something else — might be a way to keep them from swapping back to another device with more algorithms and alerts that constantly pop up.

这就是为什么增加用户绝对需要的功能——无论是呼叫网约车、访问 Spotify 播放列表还是其他功能——可能是一种防止用户换回那些充斥着算法和不断弹出提醒的其他设备的方法。