At the P99 2026 virtual conference, Elvis Chidera, a staff engineer at Germany-based global delivery service Delivery Hero, explained how the company moved most of its user base to HTTP/3, and consequently cut its apps’ total end-to-end response time of the home screen by 17 percent. Chidera, who managed the project, explained that, as promised on the tin, HTTP/3 delivers the web faster than HTTP/2, though it has slow bits that need to be adjusted to work properly. Uber eats Delivery Hero Delivery Hero is all but unknown in the US, which is dominated by Uber Eats and DoorDash.
But it is a company with global reach outside the US, with an estimated user base of 60 million across Europe, Latin America, Africa, the Middle East, and Asia. Uber is currently acquiring Delivery Hero for $14.8 billion, with plans to unite the company with Uber Eats. With this purchase, Uber would expand the number of markets where it offers both ride-hailing and delivery services, though not necessarily under the Uber Eats nameplate.
