Messaging app Hike Messenger today said it has launched video calling feature for its users.
"Video calling, the beta of which was rolled out in September this year to a select set of less than a hundred thousand, will now begin to rollout to the entire userbase starting with Android users this week," the company said in a statement.
In January 2016, Hike had claimed a user base of 100 million people.
"We see India as primarily a sight and sound market -- and we believe video calling will have a large impact on how people communicate inside of Hike," Kavin Bharti Mittal, Founder and CEO of Hike Messenger said.
Earlier this year, Hike Messenger -- founded by Kavin Bharti Mittal, the son of Bharti Enterprises Chairman Sunil Mittal -- had raised USD 175 million in a fresh round of funding led by Tencent Holdings and Foxconn Technology Group, joining the coveted unicorn club of startups with a valuation of almost USD 1.4 billion.
The video calling feature has been built for a high quality video experience that works even under challenging network conditions, including good quality 2G, the release added.
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