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Latest news and updates from Shoo.
Set up your commute once
Save the trip you make every day, and Shoo. puts it under Where to?, on your Home Screen and on your Lock Screen.
Seventeen languages, service alerts included
Shoo. speaks 17 languages, chosen inside the app. How the words were made to fit, and how English-only alerts reach you in yours.
Chloe is on this busArrives 1:26 pm- Campbell Pde opp Bondi Beach Public School1:11 pmNow
- Bondi Beach1:12 pmNow
- South Bondi Beach1:14 pm2 min
- Bondi Rd at Dudley St1:15 pm3 min
- Bondi Rd at Castlefield St1:16 pm4 min
A parent’s guide to following a trip home
How to set up Shoo. so you can see your kid’s bus or train home, what they share with you, and what stays private.
Your trip on the Lock Screen and in the Dynamic Island
Tap Go and put your phone away. The Lock Screen, the Dynamic Island and your Apple Watch carry the one thing to know next.
Why Shoo. stays with you underground
On the metro, a phone can’t always tell where it is. Here’s how Shoo. avoids telling you that you missed a train you’re sitting on.
39,261 stops, built in
Every stop in Greater Sydney and on the intercity network, ready the moment you install the app, and kept up to date without an app update.
Drawing the way through a station
At big stations the hard part is the walk from the street to the platform. How Shoo. turns the Trip Planner’s station paths into plain steps.
Chloe Nguyen333To Bondi Junction
1:26 pmArrives•••
Sam WalkerM1To Chatswood
1:21 pmArrives•••
Marcus ReidT4Walking to Central
1:16 pmArrives•••What Shoo. keeps, and what it doesn’t
No ads, no trackers, no analytics. A plain list of what stays on your iPhone, what reaches our server, and when it’s deleted.
Chloe Nguyen333To Bondi Junction
1:26 pmArrivesSam WalkerM1To Chatswood
1:21 pmArrivesMarcus ReidT4Walking to Central
1:16 pmArrivesKnow they got there: how sharing works
Follow a friend’s or your kid’s ride live, only for the trip, and only if they choose to share.
Step-free trips, lifts and ramps only
Tell Shoo. how you travel once, and every trip it plans keeps stairs and escalators out of your way.
Where to stand on the platform
Shoo. tells you which part of the train to board, so the doors open by your way out, and how full each carriage is before it pulls in.
How Shoo. times its nudges
A reminder before you leave, an alert before your service, another before your stop. What each nudge is timed against.
First time in Sydney? Tap on, ride, tap off
No Opal card needed: how to pay for trains, metro, buses, ferries and light rail with the card or phone you already have.
One server reads Transport for NSW for everyone
Your phone never asks Transport for NSW directly. A server in Sydney reads the live feeds once and shares them with every rider.