WhatsApp users can now make video & voice call from desktop, but not on group chats

WhatsApp announced end-to-end encrypted voice and video calls for its desktop app version and also shared a link to download the app on your computer on Twitter.

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Ending months-long speculations, WhatsApp on Thursday announced that private and secure one-to-one voice and video calls are now available on the desktop app for Windows and Apple Mac devices. To make desktop calling more useful, WhatsApp has made sure it works seamlessly for both portrait and landscape orientation.

Announcing the new feature on Twitter, WhatsApp said in a statement, “ We're excited to announce that private and secure one-to-one voice and video calls are now available on WhatsApp’s desktop app. Throughout the last year, we've seen significant increases in people calling one another on WhatsApp, often for long conversations. Last New Year’s Eve, we broke the record for the most calls ever made in a single day with 1.4 billion voice and video calls. With so many people still apart from their loved ones, and adjusting to new ways of working, we want conversations on WhatsApp to feel as close to in-person as possible, regardless of where you are in the world or the tech, you’re using.”

It appears in a resizable standalone window on your computer screen, and is set to be always on top so you never lose your video chats in a browser tab or stack of open windows, the Facebook-owned company said in a statement.

 

"Voice and video calls on WhatsApp are end-to-end encrypted, so WhatsApp can't hear or see them, whether you call from your phone or your computer," the company added.

WhatsApp also said that they would develop this feature to include group voice and video calls in future.  

WhatsApp said it would expand this feature to include group voice and video calls in the future and testing self-destructive image features as well. 

"Answering on a bigger screen makes it easier to work with colleagues, see your family more clearly on a bigger canvas, or free up your hands to move around a room while talking," said the company.

Recently, the messaging platform announced that it will roll out a new security feature for WhatsApp Web and Desktop - face and fingerprint unlock when linking devices.

Also Read: WhatsApp working on image disappearing feature


What all you require to make a video and voice call from your desktop.

- if you are using WhatsApp on your computer, you would need a webcam 

- A microphone for voice and video calls.

- You need an active internet connection on your computer and phone.

- To call on the WhatsApp desktop, you will first have to give access to your computer's microphone for calls and camera for video calls.

 

 

 



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