Google acquires live train status app - Where Is My Train

Google acquires live train status app - Where Is My TrainGoogle has acquired Where Is My Train, a multilingual app that provides live updates on trains, offering offline integration of Indian Railways and IRCTC timetables, using cell-tower information to locate trains. The app also helps coustomers zero on trains with just the source and destination or even partial train name. The search giant has not disclosed the acquisition details.


Where is My Train app was founded by Five former executives of TiVo Corporation, a technology entertainment company in US. The start up has a team of about 10 members and is based out of Bengaluru. In late August, Google was reportedly in talks to acquire the company for $30-40 million. Chinese smartphone maker Xiaomi was also in the edge to invest in the Bengaluru-based startup.


This is Google’s second acquisition on Indian turf. Last year, the firm had acquired another Bengaluru-based artificial intelligence startup Halli Labs.


Where Is My Train will leverage Google’s ‘Next Billion Users’ initiative. It essentially offers offline integration of Indian Railways and IRCTC timetables, using cell-tower information to locate trains. Available in English, Hindi, Marathi, Bengali, Tamil, Telugu, Kannada and Malayalam, Where Is My Train app also enables users to understand coach position in platforms and browse through seat/berth layouts.


Where Is My Train was also nominated in Play Store’s Best Apps of 2018 for India.

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