Complete List of Kik Messenger Tricks – Guide

KIK messenger is a chatting app with incredibly long list of innovative features. Unfortunately, many users have no idea about many KIK features and tricks. This article lists 5 tips that might surprise you and change the way you use this app.

Without further ado, let’s explore these KIK tips and tricks.

1- Unlock pro features with KIK Points – Earn them by participating in KIK activities and chats

You generate KIK points when you indulge in various KIK activities and chats. Once you have earned some points, you can use them as a currency to unlock pro KIK features or to purchase additional content in this app.

That means you will never have to spend money to use pro features or to grab your favorite emoji pack when using KIK messenger.

Kik Points allow you to earn rewards without having to use real money. You can buy smileys, stickers and a lot more by redeeming these points.

To read more about KIK points and learn how to use KIK pro features, check this comprehensive guide.  

2- Enable push notification and read new messages without triggering ‘read’ notifications

When you are using a chatting application, you often want to hide message status from the other person. It means if you have received a new message, you might want to look at it without generating a ‘read’ report.

Now that’s something you hardly in a messenger app as most apps mark messages as ‘read’ as soon as you open them.

When using KIK, you don’t have to worry about generating unnecessary ‘read’ reports. All you need to do is to enable push notifications for KIK messenger by going to Settings on your phone.

This feature can prove handy when you don’t want the other person to know that you have read the message.

To learn how to enable push notifications and use this feature, read this push notifications guide.

3- Explore these customization options to tweak your chatting experience

KIK offers many customization features that enrich your chatting experience. For example, you can change the color of chat bubbles and personalize your chat with friends.

That means you can easily set different colored bubbles based on your relationship with your friends. Or if you want more fun, simply change bubble color based on your own mood so that your friends can tell that you are angry when they see a red chat bubble.

KIK messenger keeps introducing new KIK tricks and features in every new release. So, be sure to check out the latest version of this app for updated customization features.

More customization features and KIK hacks are waiting for you. Explore them here and here.

4- Turn KIK into social media platform with brands and group chat

KIK Messenger isn’t only a chatting app but it is also a social media platform. That means you can chat with friends, exchange files, and interact with 3^rd party bots and brands by using only KIK sign up.

With new features introduced in 2016, KIK is now a fully functional social media experience. You can now enjoy group chat, something that is inherently closer to social media than instant messaging. Similarly, video chat has also helped this app promote itself as a social app.

Brand chat is easy with KIK. All you need to do is add a brand username to your KIK friends and start chatting with the brand. You can get the latest news, gossip and updates within your KIK messenger. Think of these brand bots as Facebook pages.

Group chat allows you to connect with a group of people and talk with each other in real time, as if you are sitting amidst a large social gathering.

You can find more information about this feature and tricks to turn KIK into a social network by reading this detailed article.

To find new chat groups on KIK network, follow KIK tips in this guide.

5- How to install KIK messenger for PC / Mac – KIK Online

Do you want to know how to use KIK on PC? There is neat KIK hack for that.

When using KIK messenger, you definitely want to have it on your PC and Mac so that you can chat with your friends even when you are away from your phone. Sometimes, you would simply want to have the messenger running on your laptop for sake of convenience.

Although there is no official KIK messenger for PC or Mac, you can run the mobile app on a computer using a quick method explained below.

• Visit Manymo official website on your computer.
  Manymo is a free Android emulator that doesn’t require any downloading. You run it online in your browser and pay nothing for it. It allows you to run Android apps on your computer.
• When Manymo starts, it will ask you for account credentials. Create a free account with the company and login.
• Now download KIK app from this link and load it in Manymo using options menu.
• That’s it. KIK will run on your PC now. Simply provide your username and password for KIK login.

For more information on how to run KIK online using Manymo, read this full-length tutorial https://www.kikloginonlinee.com/2015/06/sign-up-and-log-in-for-kik.html

You can also use this guide to explore options to run KIK on Mac.

6- How to stay safe on KIK – KIK Safety Tips

One of the most important thing to understand when using instant messaging apps is to never share personal or financial information with others. If you have to tell your credit card to a friend for some reason, how about calling him instead of leaving a message on chat?

When you share your personal information on the KIK network, anyone can hack it and trace your location based on that information. Similarly, when you share financial information, people can steal it.

Another important security tip is to always chat with friends on KIK when you know them in the outside world. There is no point talking to strangers and treating them like friends. You don’t want to do that in a chatting app.

Finally, if someone is annoying you or asks you for personal information, you can easily block him or her using a single touch on your screen. Once a user is blocked, it won’t be able to disturb you anymore.

7- How to Go Through KIK Messenger Verification

When you are using KIK Messenger, you may have to clear verification codes. KIK will ask you for captcha that could sometimes create a problem.

The trick to solve this problem is to understand how KIK captcha works. For example, you may to solve the captcha by simply telling an image that’s different from others and so on.

For more information on captcha solving and solutions to common errors, simply read the guide here.

https://www.kikloginonlinee.com/2016/10/kik-verification-captcha-how-to-fix-it.html

8 – How to Video Chat on KIK App

If you are using KIK, you’d definitely want to chat with your friends using video. Unfortunately, KIK isn’t the first messenger to start video chat feature but it was quick to catch up on this technology.

With the latest release, you can video chat with your KIK friends using KIK Video App. You can download it from Play Store. To use the app, simply add your KIK friends in video chat and start sharing your video.

To explore more KIK secrets about video chat, read this guide about KIK Video App.

9- How to know someone blocked you on KIK?

If you have a lot of friends on KIK network, chances are good that some of them will eventually block you, for either being too talkative or for being too silent. They always find a reason.

The good news is that you can easily know who blocked you. But it’s difficult so a lot of people have no idea about it.

To figure out if someone has blocked you, you need to know the message status symbols that KIK uses. These symbols appear next to the messages that you have sent to your contacts.

Send a message to the person you think has blocked you. Now watch the status symbol. You will first see ‘S’, indicating that the message has been sent. Next, you will see ‘D’, which is for delivered, followed by ‘R’, which is for read. If you never see an ‘R’ symbol for a contact, you know that they have blocked you.

If you need more detailed instruction, read this guide.

10- Change notification ringtone for instant messages

When all of your friends have KIK, it might become a little too stupid for everyone to have the same ringtone for messages. Think about all your friends taking out their phones thinking they received a KIK notification, when only one of them had actually received a message.

To solve this problem, you can change notification ringtone. With all your friends having distinct ringtones, it would never be a problem again. To change the tone, simply go to options in KIK and choose a new tone for notifications.

You can read detailed article here. I explain it in full detail with pictures so that everyone can follow.

11- Use KIK at school when KIK is blocked

Schools often block KIK and social media networks because they want students to focus entirely on their studies. It also helps to eliminate the cases of child bullying.

To unblock KIK at school, you simply change your internet connection. When a school blocks KIK, it only blocks it on school internet.

Turn on your mobile data and close the school Wi-Fi connection on your phone to gain access to KIK. If you don’t want to use mobile data, you can install a VPN and bypass the restriction that your school has set on the internet.

For details, explore this guide.

12- Run KIK on Wi-Fi connection only and save mobile data

KIK Messenger is free to use but you have to connect to the internet to use this app. So, the only cost is the internet.

Unfortunately, some network operators may charge a lot for using mobile data, especially when you use KIK video feature. The good news is that you can easily change KIK settings to make it use only Wi-Fi data so you could keep mobile data bill as low as possible.

To do this KIK trick, you will need to turn off mobile data and switch on Wi-Fi on your device. This should be fairly easy as long as you know ‘settings’ on your phone. If you are unsure and need a detailed guide, you can read about running KIK on Wi-Fi here.

13- How to pass time with KIK bots

One of the KIK tricks that makes this app such a hit among teenagers is the features that this messenger offers to kill boredom. For example, you can play games, explore brands and chat with KIK bots.

It’s a lot of fun, especially when you are bored. You can talk to a KIK bot and ask him about weather or maybe movies in theaters around you. There are many informative KIK bots but you can also find KIK bots that are there only for fun. For example, there is a KIK bot that suggests you makeup and clothing for the day after you send it your picture.

Sounds interesting? Read more about KIK bots here.

14- Play games with your friends on KIK

Since KIK has always been about fun, the company decided to launch games in 2012. Now there are several games in KIK library that you can play with your friends.

If you find these games addicting, keep your eyes out for new releases – often every week. KIK works with some top game developers to bring you new and exciting games every now and then.

See how to play the famous KIK Numbers game and more here.

15- Save KIK Messages

Have you ever tried to save messages on KIK. Unfortunately, there are no straightforward solutions here as the app doesn’t offer any options in Settings to save messages in a file.

So, your only option to try some KIK hacks.

But if you are desperate, you can try taking a screenshot of your messages. Just open the message that you want to save and take a screenshot with the message displayed on your screen.

On the contrary, you might be interested in reading only old messages, ones that you received from your friends in the past but never saved. You can access these messages by simply going to Chat History from Settings.

Learn more about saving KIK messages here.

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