Airbnb upgrades iOS and Android app with three key enhancements for your next trip

Airbnb launched a major iOS and Android app redesign a year ago. The updated app surfaced new experiences to have on vacation beyond just where you choose to stay.

Now Airbnb is further transforming its app into an all-in-one destination for managing your next trip by integrating four useful new services.

The new Airbnb app is also leveraging AI with three new features, and the service is expanding the types of destinations you can book.

Airbnb app integrating four new services that are key to trip planning

The new app extends Airbnb Services beyond things like photography, cooking, and wellness that were integrated a year ago.

This year, Airbnb is expanding the category to include grocery delivery, airport pickups, luggage storage, and car rentals. These are all things that previously meant bouncing between different apps and services.

Airbnb is also giving travelers new incentives for using these four new Airbnb Services. Here’s how each service works, and which perks are included:

• Grocery delivery – Have groceries waiting at your Airbnb when you arrive, or order them any time during your trip. In select cities, hosts can even receive the order and pre-stock your home before you check in. Airbnb guests get $0 delivery and $10 off an order of $50 or more. Available in over 25 US cities in partnership with Instacart.
• Airport pickups – Book a private car service to and from your Airbnb, through Welcome Pickups. Your driver tracks your flight and meets you curbside when you arrive, and Airbnb guests get 20% off every ride. Now available in over 160 cities worldwide.
• Luggage storage – Store your bags before check-in or after checkout through our partnership with Bounce. View nearby drop-off locations in the app, and see exactly how far they are from your listing. Airbnb guests get 15% off and access to over 15,000 locations in 175 cities.
• Car rentals – Nearly a quarter of Airbnb guests rent a car during their stay. Starting this summer, you can discover rental cars directly in the app. We’ll show vehicles near your listing and suggest the right car for your group. The first time you rent a car on Airbnb, you’ll get 20% credit back toward your next stay, experience, or select services. 

These all sound like great ways to use the new Airbnb app for more than just picking a place to stay, especially grocery delivery and car rentals.

AI powers three new Airbnb app features

Next up, the new Airbnb app includes three new AI-powered features around reviews, comparisons, and customer support:

• AI review highlights – Airbnb has over one billion guest and host reviews. Now you don’t have to read through them all before booking. Our models synthesize reviews for each listing and highlight things you care about the most including location, amenities, family-friendliness and more.
• AI-powered comparison – Save homes to your wishlist, and we’ll help you choose the right one for your trip. A new comparison view provides an AI-generated summary for each home, with context about the location, best amenities, and more. Available later this year.
• AI-powered customer support, available worldwide – If you need help along the way, our AI assistant is rated the best AI support assistant in travel. Now available in 11 languages, the assistant knows the details of your trip and includes interactive cards that let you solve issues right in the chat. Later this year, we’re extending the AI assistant to voice so you can get quick answers when you call.

These AI-powered features are all part of the new app homepage.

The new homepage will also include shared itineraries and an enhanced travel map powered by family and friend connections.

Airbnb app now includes boutique and independent hotels

Finally, Airbnb is expanding destination availability from homes to boutique and independent hotels, starting in 20 cities around the world.

Here’s what the company says around its expansion into hotel-booking inside the Airbnb app:

• Hotels that feel like Airbnb – Discover and book hotels in some of the world’s best neighborhoods. Each property is selected by Airbnb, with no big chains.
• Price match guarantee – Find a lower price for the same hotel anywhere else, and we’ll give you the difference as Airbnb credit.
• Book a hotel, get up to 15% credit on Airbnb – Book a featured hotel and you can receive up to 15% credit toward your next Airbnb home. Available across major cities worldwide today, with more coming soon. 

Airbnb says it will start boutique and independent hotel booking in New York, Parison, London, Rome, Singapore, and 15 other locations before expanding to more cities later this year.

Additionally, Airbnb is gearing up for the 2026 FIFA World Cup with “once-in-a-lifetime” experiences in six cities.

We’re offering once-in-a-lifetime FIFA World Cup experiences across six host cities. Join World Cup Champions Abby Wambach and Julie Foudy for an intimate watch party in LA as the USA takes on Australia. Or step onto the pitch to train with Argentine football icon and former manager of Inter Miami, Javier Mascherano. 

The company says the new Airbnb Services, Experiences, and boutique hotels are live in the updated app in select countries around the world starting today.

Meanwhile, Airbnb says car rentals, the new homepage, the shared itinerary feature, and other app features announced today will roll out this summer.

Download Airbnb from the App Store or Google Play Store for the latest features.

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