Kakao launches global mobility platform for foreigners

[Courtesy of Kakao Mobility Corp.]

South Korea’s Kakao Mobility Corp. announced on Tuesday that it has launched a new taxi-hailing platform for foreigners.

The app, k.ride, can be downloaded from app stores of 14 countries, including Korea, the United States, Japan, Singapore, and China.

Through the app, users can conveniently access various Kakao T services such as Blue, Venti, Black, and Deluxe Taxis in Korea without any language, account, or payment issues.

The app supports four languages: English, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese, and Japanese, and offers automatic translation in more than 100 languages, including English, Chinese, Japanese, Thai, and Arabic, for destination searches and conversations with drivers.

Kakao Mobility plans to expand the service to include the app stores of 30 countries by the end of this year.