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Car Match - The New App to Counter Delhi's Odd Even Scheme

Hike, the instant messaging app platform has launched a new app dubbed as Car Match. It is a “micro app” within Hike messenger app, which allows the users to share their rides with friends during the ongoing odd-even scheme in the national capital run by the Delhi government.

The Car Match micro app is featuring, matches odd numbered cars with even numbered cars in a users propinquity and also ensures that car categories are as similar to each other as much as possible. The new micro appp is enabled for all Delhi numbers, computer partners have the flexibility to choose each other after chatting with them, this will helps to make a healthy decisions about having the safe rides.

For procuring the leap of the app, a users need to simply open a hike and then select Car Match option. After proceeding above steps, user is asked to fill the basic detail;s regarding location, car number and the journey. Hike will generate the possible number of matches according to the profile and preferences enabling the user to choose matches, chat and finalise a partner to share a ride with.

In an emailed stement, the company revealed that, “Hike Messenger is built for the unique needs of India and Delhi is a key consumer market”.

Earlier few weeks, Hike was allegedly in the news that facebook had been blocking some of its ads. A Hike Spokeperson told that, "Advertisers have, among other options, the option to 'Send people to your website'. A few weeks back we were suddenly blocked from using this option, while we were able to use other non-action led options." The spokesperson added that when queried, the social giant responded by saying, "There are specific products and services that cannot be advertised on Facebook - looks like Hike is one of these. Unfortunately, you will not be able to run these ads."