Hike microapp Car Match to help in car pooling

NEW DELHI: Hike messenger will now allow users to match, connect and share rides with friends and others, to and fro work or other places via a microapp called Car Match, within its app.

Hike has joined the ilk of cab service providers Ola, Uber and others that are offering car pooling, but in an innovative way.

The country's fastest growing home-bred messaging app's microapp feature not just matches odd-numbered cars with even-numbered cars in the vicinity, but also ensures that car categories are as similar to each other as possible, and that commuter-partners have the flexibility to choose each other after chatting with them, thus helping them make judicious decisions about taking rides together, safely.

The Delhi government has implemented a temporary alternate-day travel scheme for cars using the odd and even-numbered license plates, till January 15, in an attempt to curb air pollution.

Car Match is enabled for all Delhi numbers. Alternatively, you can get an invite from a friend who has it.

Once you fill in basic details regarding yourself, your car and your journey, hike will generate possible matches as close to your profile and preferences as possible. You can choose your match(es), chat and finalize a commuter-partner to share your ride with.

Hike Messenger is built for the unique needs of India and Delhi is a key consumer market. hike has 70 million users and transacts a billion messages a day.