Instant messaging platform hike messenger recently launched a new feature named hike Direct which will allow the app to function without an Internet connection and also said that it has reached a user base of over 70 million.
"At a point of time where several people are yet to come online, hike Direct will connect users in a never before seen revolutionary way. The feature can work without Wi-Fi or mobile data and allow users to send photos, stickers, files and messages to anyone who is also on the hike network," said Kavin Bharti Mittal, founder and chief executive of hike messenger.
"Files as large as 70 MB can be sent in over 10 seconds," Mittal added.
Although the feature can work without internet, it won't work outside a 100-metre radius.
The technology used to create the feature is same as the Wi-Fi direct technology available in most smartphones today.
Mittal said the messaging application was growing at a pace of 100 per cent year-on-year. "Currently, we are processing 20 billion messages monthly and people are spending at least 140 minutes on the app on a weekly basis."
Recently, the messaging platform released a feature that would allow users free group calling on the app, connecting up to 100 people at the same time.
The Bharti Soft bank-backed messaging app has released a flurry of new features which include free stickers in local languages, data transfer option up to 100 MB and making the platform 4G ready, to expand its consumer base.
Other popular rivals like Whatsapp and Viber, respectively, have a user base of 900 million and over 40 million.
The messaging platform had also secured $65 million in funding in the middle of last year from a group of overseas investors led by Tiger Global Management.
The Indian community is really moving forward with improving the technological state of the world.
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