Cab aggregator Ola today announced the launch of
its 'Progressive Web App' (PWA), a lightweight mobile website that offers
users, especially in smaller towns and cities, an app-like experience on simple
smartphones.
The
company claims that it requires a fraction of the data used by native apps.
Launched
together with Google at the Google I/O developer conference in San Francisco
today, PWA will enable the use of the Ola platform across hundreds of cities in
India and addresses a significant market opportunity for customers and driver
partners, the company said in a release.
It
said Ola becomes the first ride hailing app in the APAC region to use PWA
technology.
“As
the first ride-hailing app in the APAC region that is using PWA technology,
this represents an important development that will enable us to reach an ever
greater number of customers and driver partners in rural India,” Ola Co-Founder
and CTO Ankit Bhati said.
PWA
will overcome technological barriers to enter key markets and make Ola the
first ride-sharing platform in hundreds of cities across India, where there is
limited connectivity and a prevailing use of low-end smartphones, the release
added.
”...
It’s exciting to see Ola create their PWA, which will ensure their users have
an engaging experience from the very first moment,” Google VP Product
Management, Chrome Rahul Roy-Chowdhury, said.
Agencies
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