Here’s How Hike Messenger Is Changing the Chatting Experience for Indian Users

There is no denying the fact that WhatsApp and Facebook Messenger are currently ruling the instant messaging app space across the world. However, Hike Messenger, the home-grown chat app — synonymous for its unique stickers and features is not very far in the league.

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In fact, it has over 100 million active users (as of August 2016) with more than 40 billion messages being exchanged every month — which makes it the second largest messaging app in the country. Also, 95 percent of Hike users have been reported to be Indians among which 90 percent of the users are below the age of 30.

But, how did it reach there despite the fact that there are a plethora of instant messaging apps available in the market currently? Well, the answer is pretty simple. It has a good number of versatile features which not many of its counterparts are offering currently.

Furthermore, it is heavily customised for the Indian users — which other chat apps like WhatsApp and Messenger may not be able to do, at least not in the near future.

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Let’s take a look at all such new and unique features Hike has to offer:

Hike Stories

Inspired by Snapchat-like stories, Hike had recently introduced a new feature called Stories. This feature allows users to share snippets of their lives (as stories) which last for 48 hours, unlike Snapchat and Instagram where a story validity is only 24 hours. Users can also check who and how many people have viewed their stories.