MyTaxi, the network goes global with Google Maps – The Republic

Now myTaxi, the most important European App taxi via smartphone called, will be integrated into Google Maps on mobile devices even in Italy, Poland and Austria. But as
It will operate the new service? If a user of Google Maps on mobile devices, decides, then, to take a taxi and has already downloaded the app on her smartphone myTaxi, Google Maps for mobile will direct them directly to the App myTaxi, which can easily order their vehicles. If, however, you have not yet downloaded the app, it will be directed to Google Play or the Apple Store, where you can download it for free. The integration of myTaxi in Google Maps for mobile devices will, in fact, now available for both Android users and iOS users.

“With the integration of myTaxi in Google Maps on mobile devices, users have Italians now another opportunity to easily get from a to B, “says Barbara Covili, General Manager of myTaxi Italy. “We are very pleased that Google has chosen myTaxi as a partner of the” taxi “world in Italy, as well as in Poland and Austria, where the integration is always launched today, adding to Germany and Spain, where it was launched last March, proving a great success. The integration marks an important step forward for the public transport service non-scheduled, which now becomes an integral part of the travel options of millions of Google Maps users throughout Europe. More and more passengers recognize, in fact, the benefits of the App myTaxi, that with one click allows you to order and pay for a cab no longer need to phone waits or cash. “
Founded in Hamburg in 2009 by Niclaus Mewes and Sven Külper, myTaxi has revolutionized the taxi industry, renewing it at the international level and adapt it to the 21st century needs. myTaxi works exclusively with licensed taxi drivers, integrating the potential of new technologies with the taxi industry tradition, and proving that you can be innovative within the rules and laws. MyTaxi in 2014 was acquired by Daimler AG.