Developer(s) | ZEE5 |
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Available in | Hindi, English |
Type | Entertainment |
Website | https://www.hipi.co.in/ |
Hipi is a short form video sharing social network service. Made in India, the platform allows brands and merchants to harness storytelling and product discovery in a changing retail marketing environment. [1] The platform includes the most recent effects and emoticons, stickers and short videos that last between 90 seconds to one minute. These include music, dancing, comedy, acting, and traveling humor. [2] [3] [4] [5] Around 43 million users have signed up to the new short video platform HiPi on the app. [6] HiPi has onboarded creators such as Bhuvan Bam, Be YouNick ++, Shraddha Arya, Daljeet Kaur and Vatsal Seth. [7] Hipi added more than 4000 hours kids video content in Hindi, English, Marathi, Tamil, Kannada, Telugu, Bengali, Malayalam, and Bhojpuri. [8]
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