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CortoMaltese

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Q: About the APPS to book taxis

Is there an app to book taxis in Shanghai which

- I can use not knowing written Chinese

- I can install on my Android phone

8 years 24 weeks ago in Transport & Travel - Shanghai

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Simple answer is no......

I use Didi Dache on my iPhone in Guangzhou & it is all in Chinese! How do I use it?

1) my wife has shown me which buttons to push

2) I search for my destination in pinyin BUT need to be able to read the destination choices in Chinese. My reading is getting better though! If I don't know the characters for my destination I use Apple Maps first to find it, then look at the characters & memorize them.

Using this his app is definitely helping my reading!

One other thing to consider....if the taxi driver isn't sure of your exact pick-up location then they will phone you. So you also need to have some knowledge of spoken Chinese to deal with this.

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Simple answer is no......

I use Didi Dache on my iPhone in Guangzhou & it is all in Chinese! How do I use it?

1) my wife has shown me which buttons to push

Using this his app is definitely helping my reading!

One other thing to consider....if the taxi driver isn't sure of your exact pick-up location then they will phone you. So you also need to have some knowledge of spoken Chinese to deal with this.

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Sorry, should have said...these apps are available for Android as well as iOS.

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I recall reading somewhere recently, that Shanghai are banning the apps during rush hour.

Not sure about that. But I do recall it.

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