On the occasion of upcoming Eid festival, hike messenger has introduced a special Eid sticker under the ‘Festival of India’ sticker pack. This release allows hikers to wish ‘Eid Mubarak’ to their friends and family on the occasion of Eid. For a diverse country like India, hike has over 5000 stickers for every occasion and festival, which is loved by hikers.
hike also recently announced the launch of automatic Sticker Suggestions in its latest update hike 4.0, which recommends the perfect sticker for every moment based on what users type making it extremely easy for consumers to discover and use stickers. The latest update of hike is available free for android users on the Google Playstore and for IOS users on the Apple App store. Furthermore, the technology for exchanging stickers has also been designed in such a way that sending stickers consume minimal data and works extremely well on 2G, making it super data efficient and an attractive proposition for consumers across the country, as stated by the company in its press statement.
Launched in December 2012, Hike has acquired over 35 Million users as of August 2014, in around 20 months since its launch. The popular app boasts of a fairly young user base with over 90 per cent of its users being under the age of 25 and residing in India. The Hike chat application has localized features, which are developed keeping in mind the infrastructural and cultural requirements of the country. hike claims to have messaging volume of over 20 billion messages per month.