With over a billion monthly active users, WhatsApp, in addition to its constant updates has added a new feature – video calls. This New video calling feature is only available in the Beta version (Testing Mode Version). It’s as
easy as you might imagine: pull up a contact in the app, tap the call button
and choose ‘Video call’.
If the other person has a version of WhatsApp that supports the feature, it’ll launch a FaceTime-like call; if not, you’ll be notified that your contact needs to update their app.
If the other person has a version of WhatsApp that supports the feature, it’ll launch a FaceTime-like call; if not, you’ll be notified that your contact needs to update their app.
WhatsApp’s impending support for
video calling appears to be closer to launch. According to new reports, the
feature is now functional in some of the beta builds of the Android
application, following its recent arrival in the Windows Phone version of the Facebook-owned
messaging app. The iOS app was also updated just last week, but video calling
support was not included at that time.
The arrival of video calling on
Android was first spotted by the blog Android Police, which found that some users on the beta
builds of the application were able to access video calling through
an updated app interface.
For those on a version of
WhatsApp which includes video calling support, you’re able to tap the call
button or tap on a contact card to kick off a video call. In this case, a
new dialog box will appear, offering the choice between a standard voice call
and a video call. In addition, the call log will show which calls were made via
video by annotating them with the camera icon, instead of the telephone icon.
When you have video calling, tapping the call button or
contact card brings up a dialog with both voice and video as options. There may
be a version of the app later that flips the switch on video calls
automatically, but for now you're at the mercy of the WhatsApp gods.
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