Didi Chuxing launches English-language app

Getting around the city just got a hell of a lot easier for Shanghai's 'kan bu dong' collective: car-hailing giant Didi Chuxing released an English-language version of its popular app today.

The new interface

The English language update applies to three of Didi's most popular services - Taxi, Premier and Express - and will also provide an in-app translation function, meaning the Mandarin deficient can communicate with their driver via instant message through the app (hopefully not while they're driving, of course). Bilingual customer support will also be available via email and phone.

As for payment, you'll be able to use 'major international credit cards', according to a release by Didi, as well as the usual Chinese payment methods.

You can use an international number to register your account, too.

In an obvious bid to attract foreign tourists to the service, you don't need a Chinese phone number to register, either. Users can sign up with mobile numbers registered in 12 regions, including Mainland China, Hong Kong, Taiwan, Thailand, South Korea, Japan, the UK, France, Australia, Canada, the United States and Brazil.

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