How to Record & Share Videos with Kik for iPhone?

Since Kik for iPhone V8.0.0, you can record a video, share the moment and video with your friends through Kik for iPhone, just like what we did using Wechat. See this guide to record and share videos using WeChat on mobile phones.

How to Record & Share Videos with Kik for iPhone?

Tap to run Kik messenger app on your iPhone. Sign in your Kik account if not yet. Open the conversation window with anyone you like to share the moment with through videos in Kik. See screenshot as below.

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Within the chat window with your friends in Kik, you can find a + Addd button on the bottom left corner which is just in front of the message box where you can type a message and send via Kik. To record and send videos through Kik, click on this button, you will then bring up file sharing options at the bottom of your Kik chat screen.

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The Camera window may open by default. If not, you can manually switch to the Camera tab as shown above. Here you can hold the Camera button to record videos and send via Kik. You can also tap the Camera button to shoot a photo and send via Kik on iPhone. Now press and hold the Camera button, you will see the timing of the video being recorded along with a blue proccess bar. Once you finished taking the videos in Kik, release the Camera button, you can then find the captured video in your Camera Roll on iPhone. Also two buttons appear above the video you have recorded in Kik messenger app. The left is a cancel button which will not send the recorded video if you choose it. On the right you can find a message icon, if you choose it you will upload the video and send the video to your friend through Kik.

Back up Kik from iPhone to computer

You may have saved some very important messages, photos, videos in Kik chat history. If you like to export them from phone to computer, you can follow this tutorial to back up Kik messages from iPhone to Mac computer. You will also learn how to restore lost Kik chats from backups from previous linked article.