Airtel today announced the launch of new mobile app named as SmartDrive that will help users to view their location on a map and plan their route from one place to another.
Airtel Smart Drive Mobile Traffic app comes with live voice based turn by turn navigation and more importantly, give real time information on traffic situation on roads around them. What’s more, it even suggests an alternate route from place A to place B if there is heavy traffic on the normal route.
Airtel is the first operator in the country to bring such a product to its customers which gives real time traffic flow information along with other valuable information.
SmartDrive Mobile App Offers the following features
a) Search Maps for POI (Points of Interests)
b) Turn by turn Voice navigation
c) Live traffic information
Points of Interests feature help one to get the exact positions for your destinations. Point of Interests (PoIs) are grouped into categories like restaurants, theatres, shopping malls etc. Once the application is downloaded this feature can be used absolutely free of cost.
Live Traffic is calculated basis the number of GPS devices being used on the particular road and their average speed and historical trends of traffic. Currently, it is live in Delhi &NCR, Mumbai and Bangalore cities and will be live in Hyderabad, Chennai and Pune by December.
The app gives traffic status on major roads in a colour coded format as described below
Red – implying heavy traffic
Yellow – Medium and
Green – Free flow of traffic
To download this app one has to visit airtel.in/smartdrive from your mobile and then download the application or SMS smart to 54321 and then click on the link in the message.
Charges :
Search and map viewer are absolutely free
Navigation:
Daily pack – Rs/10 per day
Monthly pack – Rs. 99 per month
Live traffic
Daily pack – Rs.3/day
Monthly pack – Rs.49 per month
Data charges
Data browsing is absolutely free till 30th November, post which normal data usage charges will apply as per the data pack availed by the customer.
Vindoo September 19, 2012 at 1:41 pm
Why free data charge not getting extended? Airtel using Nokia maps only
Kapil September 14, 2012 at 11:23 pm
@ shirish taware
Nokia maps is the best. Search on google maps cbd belapur sector 11, you will get wrong info and search same on nokia maps ….. a correct info.
Nokias new city lens which uses camera is the best
MaNoJ September 13, 2012 at 10:14 am
Waste of money!!!
If you are android user, just use Google navigation, it is absolutely free and covering more city than airtel smart drive.
If you are Nokia customer you can use navfree navigation, it is also absolutely free and also covering more city.
Both the applications are also providing live traffic update along with turn by turn free navigation.
shirish taware September 12, 2012 at 9:44 pm
another chaaplusi to earn money from indian customer,when google providing it free of cost with traffic service .im also confused when seen reply by mr.vindoo reply that he is tried when app is introduced by airtel today as far as my knowledge .is it a move by someone favouring airtel.
vindoo September 12, 2012 at 6:59 pm
Nice application….very well done! I tried using traffic service and it was very real and accurate….will come handy when going to office everyday
srikapardhi September 12, 2012 at 6:30 pm
I wonder what Airtel is trying to provide customers ?
prashant September 12, 2012 at 6:15 pm
Airtel! It is Another stupid way to make money !!!!!
Faridur R Choudhury September 12, 2012 at 6:12 pm
Bad timing. Google has already launched free voice guided navigation with live traffic in major Indian cities. Why would anyone pay?
Harish September 12, 2012 at 5:07 pm
Bakwas apps, Google is offering free.
JB September 12, 2012 at 4:58 pm
Does airtel realize that android phones have google maps with navigation available for free? They want to charge 150 rupees per month for something that is already available for free except for the live traffic thing. I really doubt if the live traffic will actually be of any use in indian conditions.
varun September 12, 2012 at 4:21 pm
Why have u not mentioned which devices are supported for this app? I am using Nokia asha 305..does it support this app????