Hike Messenger, called Hike Sticker Chat, was an Indian freeware, cross-platform instant messaging, Voice over IP application which was launched on 12 December 2012 by Kavin Bharti Mittal and is owned by Hike Private Limited.
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34 Facts About Hike Messenger
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Hike Messenger launched globally on 12 December 2012 by founder Kavin Bharti Mittal.
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Hike Messenger went on to purchased startups like TinyMogul and Hoppr in the later part of 2015.
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From 2018, Hike Messenger decided to bring 1 billion users online by targeting tier-2 and tier-3 cities by giving more localized services.
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In May 2019, Hike Messenger announced collaboration with Indraprastha Institute of Information Technology, Delhi for developing artificial intelligence, machine learning, natural language processing, speech, link prediction, deep learning and computer vision.
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Hike Messenger launched an animated sticker for Valentine's Day 2019 with a special pack for the LGBTQ community.
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Hike Messenger stickers cover only 15 to 20 percent of vocabulary across 40 languages in India with future focus on text messages and symbols to achieve 100 percent prediction rate that gives a seamless experience while reducing keyboard dependency.
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Hike Messenger was creating a smaller smart team of employees with game designers, crypto-economists and psychologists to understand the emerging digital landscape and create a new type of block-chain economy for its newly launched service called Hike Messenger Land.
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Hike Messenger brought large file transfer support which equipped users to share 100 MB files of all formats with discussion on further increasing the size limit to 1 GB.
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In September 2015, Hike Messenger launched free group calls support with up to 100 people in a simultaneous conference call environment.
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In November 2016, Hike Messenger announced the launch of a feature called Stories that allows people to share real-life moments using fun live filters which automatically get deleted after 48 hours, and a new camera design with localized filters.
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Hike Messenger launched News Feed with Hindi language support on 29 September 2015 to cater for the needs of the non-English population.
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Hike Messenger launched a microapp feature which was live for two days on 8 May 2016 as a Mother's Day special in which users can add images, quotes or messages as a token of love with customized e-cards and stickers on their timeline not only on Hike Messenger, but on other platforms.
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On 26 October 2016, Hike Messenger rolled out the beta version of a video calling feature ahead of WhatsApp starting with the Android users which lets recipients preview a video call before deciding to take it and is optimized to even work under 2G conditions.
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On 24 December 2016, Hike Messenger rolled out a short 20-second Video Stories feature that can be directly shared with friends or posted on a public timeline with different filters in collaboration with content creators with the same 48-hour time limit before being automatically deleted.
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Hike Messenger started supporting user comments on friend's posts, added a specific message reply function, a redesigned camera interface to support front flash and user mentions with the help of the @ symbol.
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For privacy and security reasons, Hike Messenger doesn't show the recipient's location or proximity and works only when two users are connected in the same room by adding one another into the contact list.
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Hike Messenger formed a partnership with Ola Cabs to bring a taxi and auto-rickshaw booking facility from 14 February 2018.
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In January 2018, Hike Messenger announced the launch of 'Hike Messenger ID' to enhance its user privacy features.
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Hike Messenger ID is a unique custom username that removes the need for sharing phone numbers to chat with someone.
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Hike Messenger ID has been integrated across all Hike Messenger-based services for facilitating easy discovery of people or groups.
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Hike Messenger worked on a feature to allow sharing of stickers across all messaging platforms.
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Hike Messenger Web was created ensuring a seamless experience for users with a strong focus on privacy and security keeping that in mind Hike Messenger increased network security to AES-256 and TLS 1.
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Hike Messenger Moji is a digital avatar of a user based on artificial intelligence, natural language processing and machine learning generated imagery created by taking a selfie, for variety of localized Indianised expressions with 1000 customized options like more than 350 hairstyles, 20 different facial features, bindis, local clothing style, nose pins with local twist and mood.
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Hike Messenger Moji generate stickers are on three language where English and Hindi act as default with one other optional Indic language.
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Hike Messenger uses a 128-bit Secure Sockets Layer encrypted firewall server for the exchange of media and text messages on Wi-Fi.
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Hike Messenger announced the availability of the Total platform for 'Mera Pehla Smartphone' initiative launched by Airtel India.
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Hike Messenger acquired its first five million users within three months after the app launch which increased to fifteen million by September 2013.
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Hike Messenger reached seventy million users till October 2015 by adding an additional thirty million within three months from August 2015.
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Hike Messenger crossed over its first hundred million registered users in January 2016 as per founder and company CEO, Kavin Bharti Mittal which added a further sixty million till May 2019.
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Hike Messenger announced that it crossed five million monthly transactions within five months of Hike Wallet's launch at a 30 percent month after month growth which by December 2017 increased to ten million monthly transactions at a 100 percent month after month growth rate.
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Hike Messenger raised its first round of funding of $7 million from Bharti Enterprises and SoftBank Group in April 2013.
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