Meta to bring voice, video calling features to WhatsApp Web soon

With web cam, users will also be able to make WhatsApp video calls directly from the computer via browser.

With more than 3 billion active users, WhatsApp is the most popular messenger app across platforms such as iOS, Windows, and macOS. There are many reasons for people to like WhatsApp, to name a few-- it has a simple, easy-to-understand user interface, disappearing messages, an option to edit sent text and more.

Now, the Meta-owned company is planning to bring voice and video calling options to the WhatsApp Web version, reported WABetaInfo, citing the latest WhatsApp beta app version.

Users have long requested this, as it offers the convenience of making a call from WhatsApp on computers without the need to install the application.

With web cam, users will also be able to make WhatsApp video calls directly from the browser.

WhatsApp Web gets audio and video calling feature.

Small enterprise owners will find this handy, as they can set up a cost-effective customer care division to handle after-sales services-related calls on a computer.

In a related development, WhatsApp is testing a new feature that allows users to share their update to a few friends

The new feature is similar to Instagram's status update, which can notify only close friends.

WhatsApp will offer the option to create a list of close friends, and the status update will be visible only to the selected people.

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