Google Areo comes to Pune
One app, thousands of local goods and services
Pune, Tuesday, 6th March 2018 — Google today announced that Areo, a standalone app built specifically for India by Google, is now ready to service users in Pune. Areo, available for download from the Google Play Store, makes everyday chores and ordering food easier by catering to their service needs at their doorsteps. Users can compare prices, read reviews and complete their order, all in one app.
Areo was first launched in April 2017 in Bangalore and Mumbai, and has since expanded to Gurgaon and Delhi, and now Pune. Currently it offers services from over 14 partners including Faasos, Foodpanda, Freshmenu, Box8, Scootsy, Holachef, Ovenstory Pizza, Mojo Pizza, Behrouz Biryani, UrbanClap, Zimmber, HouseJoy, Timesavers, and Mr. Right.
Fast, easy, and convenient
With Areo, users can have food delivered from their favorite restaurants, providers and chefs, or get help with home services from local electricians, painters, cleaners, plumbers and more with a fast and secure checkout. Areo users can make payments via credit cards, netbanking, digital wallets, or cash on delivery.
Searching for food and services is easy. For food deliveries, users can find their favourite cuisine and order using their preferred food delivery service such as Foodpanda and Scootsy, and also filter by their preference of vegetarian or non-vegetarian options. For home services, users can choose times that best suit them and schedule services accordingly. User reviews across partners and service providers are available in one place, enabling users to make informed choices with respect to product quality or even timeliness of service.
Areo offers promotions with most of its partners — accessible within the app exclusively — including discounts on the first order, daily promotions, and promotions that coincide with popular festivals like Holi, Diwali and more.
“We are energized by India’s on-demand services ecosystem and excited to work with so many partners integrated on Areo. We hope to continue to delight our users, and deliver more value to our partners as we expand to more cities and offer more services in India.” ~ Lilian Zia, Product Manager, Areo
“In a shared economy model, the biggest challenge is around customer acquisition, more so, in a category that requires habit formation, as is the case with Home Services. We, at Timesaverz, have been very proactive in terms of partnerships that help us ride on a captive audience base. We do anticipate that once the platform is fully operational across all the key metros the adoption would help us grow our user base” ~ Lovnish Bhatia, Co-founder and COO, Timesaverz
“We are constantly evolving to create an ecosystem that breaks through online-offline boundaries. We believe Areo is an important strategic partner which will help us to reach out to a new set of users and help us create memorable and delightful food experiences via our unique product offerings across brands. We have observed Areo turning into a good food-on-demand channel right since its initial days. It has also helped us to reach out to a whole lot of new users for our brands.” ~ Sagar Kochhar, Chief Marketing Officer, Fasoos
For Pune, Areo has partnered with Faasos, Behrouz Biryani, OvenStory, Box8, MojoPizza, Zimmber for food delivery, and Timesaverz and Mr. Right for home services including but not limited to home maintenance, cleaning services and computer repairs.
