New Delhi September 13  2015:  popular Indian messagiung app, hike messenger,  has launched a  free group calling   feature,  letting users connect up to 100 people in a call --an industry first. This will allow hikers to make free group calls with press of a single button once inside a group chatConsumers can get this feature by upgrading to the latest version of hike 4.0.4, which is available free on the Google Play Store .

Hikers need to simply tap on the Hike Call button inside an existing group chat and hike handles the rest. Once initiated, hike calls out to every member in the group automatically and the call starts as soon as one person gets connected keeping the experience extremely simple.
Group Calling on hike has been launched keeping in mind the needs students and families who love to chat in groups as well as small executives teams whose job demands being in sync with their large teams while on the move.
Says Kavin Bharti Mittal, Founder and CEO, hike messenger: “Many of us at hike were quite frustrated by how hard it is to make a Group Call today. Adding someone to an already existing call is extremely tedious and even starting a conference call is quite a painful process. Today we’re going to change that with the introduction of Group Calls on Hike. Now with the tap of a single button, you can connect up to 100 people in one call. It’s that simple. One tap and hike does the rest. No more pins, no more dial in numbers and no more putting people on hold. Making a Group Call has never been this easy.”
For a few days, do look at a video on hike group calling  in our tech video spot on the  home page