App will also advise which parts of a city are not ‘safe’.
By Sreejith Vallikunnu
Helpchat, a Bengaluru-based personal assistant app, has launched a new feature that helps to track air quality in India.
The new feature informs users if the air they are breathing is toxic and suggests various ways to take precautions.
It will also show the Air Quality Index (AQI) reading from 0 to 500+ (0 being the cleanest and 500 being the worst air quality) and suggest a precautionary measure depending on the air quality, a statement said.
Should the app sense air quality getting below a certain point, it will send an alert to one’s smartphone.
In addition to this, it also suggests areas that one should avoid visiting in a particular city so that users can plan travel for their families and loved ones accordingly.
“Like a real life personal assistant, Helpchat anticipates and suggests things that makes people’s life easy. At a time when everyone’s major concern is air pollution, we thought of building an intelligent feature that can be of great help to people,” Ankur Singla, Founder and CEO, Helpchat, said in a statement.
“Our pollution alerts will inform you about the air you are breathing and also suggest precautions to you. Going forward, we will enable people to buy pollution masks, suggest children friendly outdoor zones, and even facilitate health check-ups,” he said.
“We are launching this feature to support the Delhi government and for people of India in their effort to control the rising pollution problem”, added Ankur.