How does google maps compute ETA? (ETA - Estimated Time of Arrival)
Google Maps uses a variety of data points to calculate the ETA, like..
👉🏻Official Speed Limits of the road
👉🏻Likely speed derived from road type
👉🏻Historical Avg. Speed Data (Distributed over different times of the day)
👉🏻Actual travel time from previous users
👉🏻Real Time traffic conditions
👉🏻Obstacle data using crowdsourcing like (Collisions, construction, events) and data generated from user reports.
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"Moonlight set thi, his favorite dish was also ready....."
I guess by reading the first line you must have already figured out that today we're going to be talking about Spotify! Spotify is a music streaming application which has instantly become an integral part of our lives with it's wide collection of music and easy-to-use UI.
I remember having used JioSaavn, Soundcloud and Apple Music when I shifted to Spotify in 2019 just after it was launched and the experience was phenomenal! Over the time though the user experience for the free version started declining with the constant ads and interrupted listening. Nonetheless Spotify is still one of the most used Music Streaming app in India and the world.
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Product Teardown 1/8
CRED (A fintech app which allows credit card payments) has gained a lot of attention especially due to their unique design and values! The storyline which the product sets for the user intrigued me the most as it makes the user experience extremely delightful! Moreover, Kunal Shah's entrepreneurial and product driven mindset, ethos and life story are truly inspiring and surely reflect in the product!
As a part of NextLeap's PM fellowship program's learn in public challenge, I chose to understand and analyze CRED's onboarding experience for the new users!
Any feedback would be appreciated!
#nextleappmfellowship
#learninpublic
Product Ponder (10/10)
The last two months brought a lot of learning experiences for me, and I am thankful to NextLeap for giving me the opportunity and the Learn in Public challenge, which has helped me brainstorm and instilled in me inquisitiveness when I come across any app in general.
For the last teardown, I have focussed on Ola's 'Book Any' feature, which is a savior to many in cases of emergency or when you find it challenging to get a cab in the Mini or the Other Category. The feature searches across all the car types and helps you find your ride faster (by simultaneously searching across all the categories).
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My today's goal was to validate problems I faced as a Rapido Captain. While working as Captain I completed around 19 rides with a 5-star rating 😉, total earnings of two days was 614+787 = 1401. I used around 450 rupees for fuel expenses. It took me around ~13hours in two days to earn 951 rupees (is there any way I can convert into NFT, because bhout mehnat kari 950rs kamaaney mai, I don't want to spend this amount)
(I tried to put problems I faced as Captain & probably will share other Captains output as well by validating them with my current problem hypothesis)
Biggest Problem out of 10 other problems I mentioned in the article was " Back Pain"
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