HopOver is a new social app that lets you see where your friends are, who’s nearby & what’s happening where.
A social app that shows your location & your friends’ locations on a map to help you get together & hang out or plan hangouts isn’t exactly a new concept. Foursquare basically pioneered the concept & their new Swarm social location app does exactly what HopOver offers.
The interesting part here is that HopOver was launched by Telenav, which is more famous for its mapping & navigation related offerings, so that’s its USP. Its foray into the social app scene has to also be taken seriously because it has the capability to make the app popular through a blitz of publicity, promos & marketing.
The company is apparently aiming to promote the app to the college going-crowd, probably in the hope that it catches on & the word of mouth publicity may generate buzz that will attract other segments.
As for the app’s features, the idea is to make it easy to plan meetups immediately, as opposed to other social apps that let you plan events in future.
HopOver will let you see, on a map, who’s free & what’s going on around you. You can message friends to see what they’re up to, & let everyone know you’re free. You can also like & join your friends’ ‘hops’.
You can customize a ‘hop’ by adding stickers, choosing a place & tagging friends. You can even find out who’s been there before. You can essentially use this app to be the party planner in your group. Instead of calling everyone up to find out who’s free, or where everyone is, or where you would all like to meet-up, you can simply use the app to get everyone to “hopover.”
The Sunnyvale, California, USA-based Telenav, Inc. is a publicly traded company that provides GPS navigation software & devices.
Click here to download the HopOver social app on your iOS device.
You can get the Android version directly from their website (registration required).
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