Indian company Hike Messenger on Tuesday (June 20) launched a completely redesigned offering as Hike 5.0 at an event in New Delhi. Apart from a complete revamp of the application, the company also launched the Hike Wallet feature.Hike 5.0 and its features will complete rolling out to all Android and iOS users by Sunday. The new Hike Wallet feature will be available in Android with the 5.0 update, however, the iOS app will only get it by July-end.
Here are some of the new features introduced in Hike 5.0 that the company boasts about
* Hike Messenger now has brand new colours and fonts
* Moods can now be set as profile photos
* The old Timeline feature has made a return
* In addition to disappearing Stories, users can now post text, photos, and videos on their timeline that stay forever
* Likes on posts can now be expanded to see the people who have liked it.
One interesting point to note is that in this new update, multiple likes are now possible on a single post by a single user.
Hike Wallet users can perform instant bank to bank transfers using UPI. This works for those recipients who are not on Hike. For those without a bank account, money transfers can be performed within the wallet itself. Apart from money transfers, the new v5.0 supports prepaid recharges and postpaid bill payments as well.
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