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What is wrong with hike messenger?
Hike shut down its messaging service, by shifting its focus to two new social products—Rush and Vibe. It was rebranded as Hike Sticker Chat with a sticker-centric experience in April 2019.
Is Hike app removed?
Homegrown instant messaging app Hike Messenger, later known as Hike Sticker Chat, has been officially shut down. The company’s chief executive officer Kavin Bharti Mittal announced the shutdown of its operations recently. The app has been removed from Playstore and Apple’s App store.
Is Hike a Indian app?
Hike Private Ltd. Hike Messenger, also called Hike Sticker Chat, was an Indian freeware, cross-platform instant messaging (IM), Voice over IP (VoIP) application which was launched on 12 December 2012 by Kavin Bharti Mittal and is now owned by Hike Private Limited.
What happened to hike Messenger?
The reason of writing this answer today is, hike messenger has recently reported 67\% downfall in its sales. Narrowing down to business model of hike. It worked out well as messenger. But management decided to make messenger one in all. And over the years such strategies have always failed.
What’s new in the latest hike Messenger update for Windows Phone?
Hike Messenger has been updated for Windows Phone. Today’s update brings the app to version 2.7 and introduces a few new features. You can look forward to increased privacy settings and features with today’s Hike Messenger update. Here’s the full changelog for Hike Messenger version 2.7 on Windows Phone:
Why did Hike Sticker Chat app fail?
There are more than one factors that led to the sticker chat app’s failure. I wish I could answer this question in a single sentence. But it’s not possible. Being a phenomenal company and the messaging app, Hike couldn’t survive. In January 2021, Hike’s founder tweeted about shutting down the Indian messenger.
Why did hike app fail?
There are more than one factors that led to the sticker chat app’s failure. Hike had hidden mode, Hike offline, two-way chat themes, news updates, cricket score, games, and what not except having one feature that could make Hike irreplaceable. And that’s why Hike couldn’t develop its Unique Selling Proposition (USP) and failed to survive.