•Gives African road users edge with new features

By Prince Osuagwu, Hi-Tech Editor

Nexit, the revolutionary  mobile mapping application is taking no prisoners in the mobile mapping business.

After over five years of transforming travel experience for American road users, the mobile navigational solution is set to hit Africa with a bang, launching on Androind and iOS platforms, Friday.

Although the solution has been around on iOS since 2019,  it has all the while, served only the American market.

Now, with the launch on Android, African road users, mostly found on the platform, appear to have an edge due to some fresh and innovative features the app now spots.

A Lagos-based Uber driver, Okey Ezeibe, who got wind of the launch, told Hi-Tech he had already downloaded the app and found a whole lot of difference from other mapping solutions.

 He said: “I got the information that a new mobile navigational app is about to launch, I downloaded it, and the experience is quite different. I read about the disruption the solution brought to the American navigational system when it debuted there.

“Now, with the global launch on Android and iOS platforms, it’s unlikely the African mobile mapping market will ever remain the same.

“However, that’s what we pray for. The more, the merrier. Today, I do a few things I couldn’t, with the other apps I was using,” he added.

The launch on Android shows Nexit has responded to the yearning of African road users who demanded equal ease of movement the app has given their US counterparts.

CEO of Nexit, Mr Randy Carpenter  said Nexit is the world’s first fully customizable navigation app designed for the ultimate travel experience.

He claimed that  brains behind the app went into the critical details of mapping resources, to provide landmark technology blueprints that sit mobile maps at the core base of today’s travel needs.

The app provides customized integrated trip information and preferences.  It also enables multiple search inquiries simultaneously at the same exit while showing upcoming exits as the user drives.

These innovations are only found in the NEXIT mapping app.

The app could probably be best described as an idea born to disrupt the equation and give the existing mapping giants like Google, Apple, among others, a run for their money.

 Unique discovery

Nexit is a unique discovery on the strength of its ability, as an intuitive road-trip app to predict where the user is going and shows him or her, what is at each exit.

The app is equivalent to the  highway-driving co-pilot every road user always wanted; only that this time around, it is deployed right there on the user’s mobile device.

Turn-by-turn voice and visual directions will guide the user to any stop he may select.

The intelligent app only shows the user places along his or her route, to ensure the user never doubles back or drives too far off the highway.

On these strengths, it is arguably the only all-in-one app for highway travellers, because it goes beyond what existing map apps provide. In addition to turn-by-turn directions, Nexit also helps drivers customize the perfect road trip by finding exactly what they need and when they need it, while on the go.

Road manual

Nexit’s industry-leading search functions are a road user’s ideal manual before setting out for a trip.

 The app sets new standards in navigation by introducing a suite of pioneering features:

Innovative City Mode: Another Nexit First.  As the first app with fully customizable, multi-layered search capabilities, in city mode,  Nexit enables  users  to  find  multiple  points  of  interest  across categories, with results displayed simultaneously on the map.

This allows users to  pinpoint  areas  that  fulfill  all  their  preferences within  the  same  location, helping them explore cities more conveniently.

TravelMatch;  This is also the  first feature in the technology which gives users the liberty to make coordinated stops.

 Membership Benefits Integration: In another first, Nexit incorporates membership and loyalty benefits, offering a seamless way to discover and use valuable perks from organisations such as AAA, AARP, Costco, and CVS partnerships.

Developers of the app said they came up with this feature to help most members of these organisations who underutilise valuable features because they are not fully aware of all the benefits included in their membership associations.

It means that by providing a platform globally, that combines exclusive discounts with membership benefits, the app helps users maximise savings.

 Global solution to local ideas

Speaking on the capabilities of the map, an excited Founder of Nexit, Dr Vincent Ebuh said: “We’re  thrilled  to  offer  a  global  solution  to  local  ideas  that  incorporates  both our  unique  deals and existing member benefits in a way that’s easy to use and incredibly valuable.”

He said the company will look  for  new  partnerships with  renowned  brands  in  the  coming  months as Nexit expands its benefits to travellers worldwide.