All the Apple Watch Travel Apps Ready for Launch
Skift Take
Travel tricks coming soon to a wrist near you.
Five months after revealing the Apple Watch, the company today announced pricing for the device as well as a release dates and more details about its features.
As of today, six travel apps are listed as coming soon to an Apple Watch store. In addition, during today's demo an app for Uber was shown that allows users to e-hail a taxi using the Watch.
Below are the descriptions of each app from Apple.
Starwood
American Airlines
TripAdvisor
OpenTable
Expedia
Citymapper
Photo Credit: American Airlines' app for Apple Watch. Apple
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