LINE Launches Massive Group Call App “Popcorn Buzz” Globally on Android

LINE, the world’s leading life platform today announced the official Android launch of “Popcorn Buzz,” a revolutionary free group call app that allows up to 200 participants to simultaneously converse.

Popcorn Buzz offers powerful group call functionality perfect for just about any situation. Popcorn Buzz can be used to talk with friends and family, catch up with classmates, make plans with club members, and more. On top of that, Popcorn Buzz is a perfect replacement for existing paid business-grade conference call services. For users that need to talk to multiple people at once, Popcorn Buzz accommodates both personal and business usage, all for free.

Anyone can get started with Popcorn Buzz simply by choosing a username and uploading a profile picture. By sending out each group call’s unique URL via email, text message, or another communication method of the user’s choice, they can start making group calls with friends without any delay. Additionally, existing LINE users can log in to Popcorn Buzz with their LINE account to immediately synchronize their friends list data and get started making group calls with their LINE friends right away.

During group calls, users can see all the other call members’ icons, and tell who is talking via the green dots that light up in the lower right-hand corner of current talking users’ icons.

An upcoming iPhone release is planned, along with the implementation of additional features such as group video chat, interconnectivity with LINE groups, and more in the future.

With its release, Popcorn Buzz seeks to redefine the limits of smartphone communication in a way that has never been done before.

App Overview

App name: Popcorn Buzz

Supported OSes: Android (Android OS 4.0+),

Supported languages: Arabic, Brazilian Portuguese, Chinese (Simplified and Traditional), English, French, German, Indonesian, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Malay, Portuguese, Russian, Spanish, Thai, Turkish, and Vietnamese

Supported regions: Global

Service begins: May 26, 2015 (Android)

Google Play: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.linecorp.conference

Useful Link

LINE Homepage

PC: http://line.naver.jp/en

Mobile: http://line.naver.jp/app/en

For LINE Partner:                 

http://line.naver.jp/partner/pc/index/en

LINE Facebook Page:

https://www.facebook.com/line.india

LINE Blog:

http://en.lineblog.naver.jp/

LINE Official YouTube:

www.youtube.com/lineappglobal

About LINE

LINE, the world's leading mobile platform, offers free text and voice messaging, voice calling and group chat with up to 200 people, integrated with various interactive elements such as Stickers, Timeline and Official Accounts. Since its release in June 2011, the cross-platform mobile messenger has been releasing a series of add-on apps that range from games to an anti-virus app. Today, LINE has also held the coveted No. 1 spot in the 'free apps' category of app stores in 69 regions. For more information visit: http://line.naver.jp/en/.

About LINE Plus Corporation

LINE Plus Corporation, the world's leading mobile platform innovator, is a subsidiary company of LINE Corporation (former NHN Japan Corporation), established in March 2013. As a global smartphone life platform provider, LINE Plus services LINE and its family applications to bring together an innovative mobile messaging tool and new communication lifestyle. LINE Plus Corporation was created to promptly react to the ever-changing mobile messenger market and to strengthen its global business based on the industry expertise of its parent company, which furnishes a wide range of innovative and convenient online services. LINE Plus Corporation is located in Seoul, Korea.

For more information about LINE Plus Corporation, please visit http://linepluscorp.com/.

(For English, http://linecorp.com/en/)

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