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Hike Messenger rolls out Snapchat-inspired Hike-Stories & live filters

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Snapchat must be so proud of its creation, Stories that almost everyone in the social networking world is introducing a copy of it under their own brand. So after Instagram and Tencent, Tiger Global-backed messaging app Hike Messenger is the next one to roll out a Snapchat Stories-like feature called Hike Stories.

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The stories vanish after 48 hours of posting. A user can also see how many people and who all have viewed that particular story, unlike the "loves" that was featured on "timeline" feature which has now been withdrawn.

CIOL Hike Messenger rolls out Snapchat-inspired Hike-Stories & live filters

"Stories is a new way for people on hike to share their lives and real moments with their friends through photos and videos," Kavin Mittal, Founder, and CEO of hike messenger said in a statement.

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The Snapchat love or copying doesn’t end there. The messenger app is also introducing "live filters", which seems to function quite similar to Snapchat's filters, including the popular face-swap feature. At launch, Hike claims to offer over 15 filters including ’The Modi’ and ‘Turban and Moustache’ among others.

Hike also debuts a new built-in camera through which users can add text, emojis and even stickers to their photos.

"One of our goals for 2016 has been to bring photos at the centre of hike and stories and live filters, we are doing just that. I really believe the camera is the new keyboard," he added.

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