When the company announced their new flagship, they also announced a new service called Around Yu which is available on Yutopia. It is a new aggregator service which is built into the OS on Yutopia and sources from other services. So instead of downloading multiple apps for each of these services, ‘Around Yu’ brings all these in single interface.
In short, if you want to find restaurants, book hotels, trains, flights, bus or cab, Around Yu can find it out for you.
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Here is a quick video on how to use it.
To open Around Yu, just swipe from the left to right on the screen home in Yutopia. You can see an interface where you can search for hotels and flights or plan your stay. It makes use of location feature to show you the nearest restaurants. The data for restaurants along with reviews are sourced from Zomato and you get to see the ratings, price for two and the cuisines served.
The shopping details are sourced from Scandid which is a shopping discovery and price comparison app. If you want to ride to a particular location for food, then you can use Ola cabs to get there as company has integrated it into Around Yu.
The travel options including flights, bus and hotels are sources from Ixigo, which is a popular travel search portal based out of Gurgaon.
So basically, the Around Yu app aggregates all your travel and shopping needs into one location instead of having multiple apps to do the same. Around Yu will also be offering discounts for Yutopia users, Ola is offering Rs 100 off on the first cab ride, while the fourth ride by the user will be free. Zomato will be offering 15% discount on food ordered via the platform. Ixigo is also offering flight tickets at Re1 for lucky users.
