Ola teams up with Google to add ‘Outstation’ cabs to Maps

Ola has entered into an inter-city travel partnership with Google to enable commuters to find and book outstation rides on Google Maps.

The move enables bookings from 23 cities to over 215 one-way routes in the country and in the coming weeks, the integration would be expanded to 500 routes.

Once the destination is entered in on the Google Maps, the commuter can navigate to the transit tab and choose Ola as the commute option, upon which, he or she would be taken directly to the booking screen on the Ola app.

Ola launched Outstation cabs last year and also enabled one-way trips from 80 cities. Then, in October it integrated its intra-city cab travel options with Google maps, enabling customers to discover cab options with estimated fares and estimated time of arrival (ETA).