Salatuk now available for Jaguar Land Rover vehicles

DUBAI: Jaguar Land Rover Middle East and North Africa welcome the holy month of Ramadan this year by launching the first regional addition to its InControl Apps suite, the popular Muslim prayers app, Salatuk.

Starting from the first week of Ramadan, the Salatuk app will be available for download to Android users in the region via Google’s Play Store, with an iOS version due in the coming months.

Developed by Moroccan mobile app company, Masarat App, Salatuk is one of the most popular Muslim prayers apps in the MENA region with over 30 million downloads. The mobile app’s unique algorithm supports many calculation methods adopted by most Muslim countries around the world and depending on the user’s location; the application chooses the appropriate calculation method and Fiqhi School. Salatuk has won several awards from around the region including the Mobily Award in 2013.

“The Salatuk App is an awardwinning and extremely popular app in the Mena region and it fits perfectly with Jaguar Land Rover’s mission to allow our owners to personalise their vehicle in a very detailed way, offering in-car infotainment applications that transfer directly from their smartphone to the car.

“With the holy month upon us, this is the perfect time to introduce Salatuk to our suite of InControl Apps,” said Salman Sultan, Public Relations and Social Media Manager for Jaguar Land Rover Mena.

Jaguar Land Rover’s InControl suite of services, allows customers to access their smartphone apps on the vehicle’s centre console touch screen by connecting via the vehicle’s USB port. Once connected, the InControl suite of apps on the vehicle’s touchscreen has the same look and feel as they do on the smartphone.

InControl Apps continuously offer an updated variety of approved, vehicle-optimised apps such as Contacts, Calendar and Music Player that will be complemented by more third-party apps over time for a constantly fresh and personal user experience.