Zomato Acquires Sparse Labs to Provide Real-Time Location Updates for Deliveries

Advertisement
By Shekhar Thakran | Updated: 27 September 2016 10:53 IST
Highlights
  • Zomato Trace will be rolling out to restaurant partners free of cost
  • Service will provide real-time location updates
  • Zomato says acquisition will improve overall experience of app
Zomato Acquires Sparse Labs to Provide Real-Time Location Updates for Deliveries

Restaurant search and delivery service Zomato has decided to improve upon a crucial aspect of its service - delivery tracking. The company has acquired logistics technology startup Sparse Labs in order to provide real-time tracking of the rider to both users and the restaurant to ensure 'quicker and more efficient deliveries'.

Sparse Labs, which will now be renamed Zomato Trace, has developed an Android app that will help users to get a rider's route information and will therefore enable them to get their deliveries out faster.

Zomato says it will be rolling out Zomato Trace to its restaurant partners free of cost very soon.

"The system also allocates orders to riders based on their proximity to the restaurant, and uses machine learning to identify a rider's familiarity with a neighbourhood to further optimise delivery efficiency," Zomato said in a blog post. The company says that the restaurants will have the option of using a Sparse-developed proprietary GPS tracker that can be fitted onto the bikes.

Advertisement

Zomato said that the acquisition of Sparse will help the company provide real-time location updates and improve the overall experience on the app.

"While we were already working on making this feature available for deliveries handled by our logistics partners, Sparse Labs will now help us enable delivery tracking for restaurant-owned fleets as well," the company said.

Advertisement

As per Zomato, the changes will help the service become time and cost efficient from the restaurant's end. It further claims that it will help the restaurants optimise delivery routes.

Affiliate links may be automatically generated - see our ethics statement for details.
 

For the latest tech news and reviews, follow Gadgets 360 on X, Facebook, WhatsApp, Threads and Google News. For the latest videos on gadgets and tech, subscribe to our YouTube channel. If you want to know everything about top influencers, follow our in-house Who'sThat360 on Instagram and YouTube.

Advertisement
Popular Mobile Brands
  1. Best Smartphones Under Rs 25,000 in India: Check List
  2. OnePlus Pad 3 With 12,140mAh Battery Launched in India: Check Features
  3. Bazooka OTT Release Reportedly Revealed Online: What You Need to Know
  4. Oppo Teases Launch of New Smartphone in India; Could Be Reno 14
  5. OnePlus 13s Launched in India: Know Price, Specifications and More
  6. OnePlus 13s Review
  7. OnePlus Pad 3 First Impressions
  8. Starlink Nears India Launch With Approval for GMPCS License Expected Soon
  1. Hugging Face Releases SmolVLA Open Source AI Model For Robotics Workflows
  2. Redmi Pad 2 With 9,000mAh Battery, MediaTek Helio G100 Ultra Chip Launched: Price, Specifications
  3. Alphabet CEO Expects to Keep Hiring Engineers as AI Advances
  4. Amazon Said to Be Preparing to Test Humanoid Robots for Deliveries
  5. Google Doubles Gemini 2.5 Pro Rate Limit for Google AI Pro Subscribers
  6. Apple Said to Have Given iPhone Repair Business to Tata India as Partnership Expands
  7. Huawei Pura 80 Pro, Pura 80 Pro+ Design Teased; Pre-Reservation Begin
  8. Mistral Code AI-Powered Coding Assistant Introduced for Enterprise Developers
  9. Nothing Headphone 1 Launch Date Set for July 1, to Arrive Alongside Nothing Phone 3
  10. Ethereum Foundation Announces Overhauled Treasury Strategy Amid Scaling Push
Gadgets 360 is available in
Download Our Apps
Available in Hindi
© Copyright Red Pixels Ventures Limited 2025. All rights reserved.