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Want to get around Hong Kong in the fastest time possible? Transport app Citymapper launches in city

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Citymapper stands as one of the most comprehensive apps for navigating around a city's public transit systems. Photo: Nora Tam

Transport app Citymapper launched in Hong Kong on Monday night, one-upping Google Maps by offering ways to navigate the city’s public transport in the fastest time possible with the benefit of real-time updates.

The navigation app for Android and iOS helps determine the best route by integrating data from public transport providers in order to provide real-time information for each leg of the journey.

A new feature called Go behaves like a co-pilot, providing step-by-step navigation and pushing out useful alerts to guide users to their destination.

“It tells you when your bus will arrive as you’re nearing the bus stop, or pushes out notifications that tell you that you should get off,” Omid Ashtari, general manager of Citymapper, told the South China Morning Post

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