Celebrate Makar Sankranti with new animated stickers on Hike

Hike announced newly animated sticker packs for Makar Sankranti, a festival celebrated across India to mark the auspicious beginning of the harvest festival. The new sticker packs are available in Hindi, Marathi, Gujarati, Tamil and English.

Celebrate this happy and colourful festival with beautiful stickers depicting kites flying, bonfires for coping with the winter chill, and other associated references. Share the joy by sending Hike’s animated stickers that capture the wholesome spirit of the festival.

Available in-app from January 11, Hike users can download these from the PlayStore and AppStore.

Stickers as a means of social expression

Stickers are one of the most loved features of Hike. Hike offers a library of over 20,000 stickers in 40+ languages and covering multiple genres which highlight the colourful, cultural landscape of India, Bollywood, comedy, festivals, cricket, kabaddi, local catchphrases, emotions, and even excuses.

There is also the nifty text-to-stickers feature on Hike chat that can turn any message you type into a fun sticker. Stickers are expressive and a great way to say what you feel. Hike’s most popular stickers reflect love, laughter and fun followed by festivals and regional references. Over 300 million stickers are exchanged every day!