Hike Messenger adds Video Stories' feature

India’s home-grown messaging platform Hike Messenger recently announced the launch of a new feature called ‘Video Stories.’ Users can now share videos of up to 20 seconds and can modify them up using Live Filters and Stickers.

“Applying Live Filters to faces on Stories makes storytelling experience more dramatic. Live Filters automatically detect and recognize a user’s face using Machine Learning and help people have more fun while storytelling. Live filters being launched for this festive season include a cool Girl Santa, cute Elf, wacky Christmas Tree, Rudolph the Reindeer and Snowman,” Hike said in a press statement.

In addition to the new feature, the platform has launched a special ‘Animated Stickers’ for the festive season. The ‘Animated Stickers’ pack includes Christmas, New Year and popular Hikin, Penguin and Dance for the on-going wedding season in parts of the country. The messaging platform has also added New Year Resolution stickers.