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.
