MyTaxi

smartphones may well help us to call a taxi to move anywhere. However, what happens if we use the other functions for this? Something like this must have been considered by the creators of MyTaxi, an application that acts as exchange to find the taxi and taxi driver that best suit our needs. All this completely free, without making a phone call, thanks to a connection to Internet

MyTaxi is a complete utility that puts in contact with the user with the taxi driver nearest you are using this application. It has a careful and intuitive design that helps the user not get lost in the different menusand always have the information you need on screen. And it is that, MyTaxi proposes a very personal way of ordering a taxi, allowing you to choose the taxi driver, or the vehicle preferences if desiredpay with a card, travel with animals, etc

It has a very simple operation The only requirement is to have an internet connection and activate the function GPS In this way, when we start MyTaxi, our position is automatically detected, showing it on the screen on a map of Google MapsJust by pressing the yellow button the procedure begins. The first thing is to establish the starting address, which can be the current, where the the user, or another that is entered manually or framing the map at a specific point. When this point is clear, just press the yellow button again

Then a new screen appears where you can pre-specify the destination, although it is an optional matter. What's really curious are the calls Request Options. This is where you can choose the questions previously mentioned as the Extras of the service: hybrid taxi, animals, airport service”¦ the modes of payment , if we want to be picked up by a usual taxi driver previously stored, the number of peopleto travel or if we want a five-star taxiA point to highlight is the possibility of making a service reservation, publishing the request for collection on the date and at the indicated time

Once this last step is completed, the order is launched through the application to taxi drivers who have theservice MyTaxi Thus, the closest one that responds to the order will be the one chosen for the collection. At that moment the data of the user and the taxi driver are crossed, being able to know each otherand have a contact number in case any problem occurs. In addition, this means the possibility of knowing and following the location of the taxi driver and being able to plan when to wait for him on the specified street

The only drawback of MyTaxi is that it is not yet implemented throughout Spain For now it only has service in Barcelona, and in various cities of Germany We will have to wait to see if this system succeeds among taxi drivers and begins to spread. The version of MyTaxi for users can be downloaded completely free for mobile phones Android and for iPhone from Google Play and the AppStore In addition, it is possible to make a request from your webpage It is alsofree the version for taxi drivers found on Google Playor the official page of the application