Kik hits 50 million users, but do Windows Phone owners care?

Kik has announced the company (and popular messaging service) has crossed the 50 meg user marking. Congratulations to them indeed. The only issue is their lack of back up for Windows Phone. Those of u.s.a. who accept used the service on Windows Phone in the by have enjoyed a stiff feel, but the company has no immediate plans for a Windows Telephone 8 version.

For that very reason, we're being left out. Consumers on iOS, Android and BlackBerry are bringing out the bottles of champagne, while Windows Telephone owners are left on the side. It'south a existent shame as we know many who actively utilize the service (we did until WhatsApp stepped up its game), and many were rightfully looking forward to seeing what Kik could bring with its new developer platform (edifice on its Kik Cards product).

This developer platform would introduce web apps, including games that could be sent, received and opened in conversations. This would assist Kik differentiate itself from competing messaging services, besides as monetise the product. So what'due south contributing to the quick growth of the service, which launched in 2022? Kik CEO Ted Livingston said the following in an interview with Financial Post:

"Kik has become the number one way to connect with people on mobile. People employ Kik to talk to people they know, like friends and family, only they also apply [information technology] to talk to people they don't know."

Information technology's noted that the latter (the meeting of random strangers) is what'south actually pushing the service forward. Recollect Chatroulette, but without the visual nudity and on the mobile. There's besides the fact that mobile numbers aren't used, in favour of usernames which is believed to accept too helped build a potent post-obit. The numbers are adequately staggering with an estimated 200,000 new users registering for Kik each day, entirely through word of oral cavity. Information technology's only a shame they're not focusing on Windows Phone.

But with alternatives like WhatsApp and more, who needs 'em? You can download Kik from the Windows Phone Store.

Source: Financial Post

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