{"id":93172,"date":"2020-10-20T08:13:13","date_gmt":"2020-10-20T05:13:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/whatsapp-might-soon-let-you-make-calls-from-its-desktop-app\/"},"modified":"2020-10-20T08:13:13","modified_gmt":"2020-10-20T05:13:13","slug":"whatsapp-might-soon-let-you-make-calls-from-its-desktop-app","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/whatsapp-might-soon-let-you-make-calls-from-its-desktop-app\/","title":{"rendered":"#WhatsApp might soon let you make calls from its desktop app"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;<strong>#<a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/social-mediaa\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"1\" title=\"Social Media\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">WhatsApp<\/a> might soon let you make calls from its desktop app<\/strong>&#8221;<\/p>\n<div>\n                            Video calls have increased due to the coronavirus pandemic, and companies such as Facebook and Zoom have taken full advantage of that. Earlier in the year, WhatsApp increased the group call limit from four to eight people. Now, it seems like the chat app will soon\u00a0introduce the calling feature on its desktop app.<\/p>\n<p>According to renowned WhatsApp sleuth <a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/wabetainfo.com\/whatsapp-web-2-2043-7-whats-new\/\">WABetaInfo<\/a>, the company has started creating the feature in one of its test builds. The under-development feature includes support for voice and video calls for both individual contacts and groups.<\/p>\n<p><em>[Read: Google Assistant displays get a new UI, a dark theme, and more features]<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Screenshots posted by WABetaInfo suggest that when you\u2019ll call someone through the WhatsApp desktop app, a new window will open up with controls to manage the call.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<figure class=\"post-image post-mediaBleed aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1324271 lazy\" alt=\"\" width=\"768\" height=\"562\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn0.tnwcdn.com\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/1\/files\/2020\/10\/WA_WEB_DECLINE_ACCEPT_CALL-768x562.png\" data-lazy=\"true\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn0.tnwcdn.com\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/1\/files\/2020\/10\/WA_WEB_DECLINE_ACCEPT_CALL-768x562.png 768w, https:\/\/cdn0.tnwcdn.com\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/1\/files\/2020\/10\/WA_WEB_DECLINE_ACCEPT_CALL-768x562-280x205.png 280w, https:\/\/cdn0.tnwcdn.com\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/1\/files\/2020\/10\/WA_WEB_DECLINE_ACCEPT_CALL-768x562-369x270.png 369w, https:\/\/cdn0.tnwcdn.com\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/1\/files\/2020\/10\/WA_WEB_DECLINE_ACCEPT_CALL-768x562-184x135.png 184w\"\/><figcaption>Credit: <a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/wabetainfo.com\/whatsapp-web-2-2043-7-whats-new\/\">WABetaInfo<\/a><\/figcaption><figcaption><a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/thenextweb.com\/apps\/2020\/10\/20\/whatsapp-might-soon-let-you-make-calls-from-its-desktop-app\/#\" data-url=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?url=https%3A%2F%2Fthenextweb.com%2Fapps%2F2020%2F10%2F20%2Fwhatsapp-might-soon-let-you-make-calls-from-its-desktop-app%2F&amp;via=thenextweb&amp;related=thenextweb&amp;text=Check out this picture on: WhatsApp for desktop call window\" data-title=\"Share WhatsApp for desktop call window on Twitter\" data-width=\"685\" data-height=\"500\" class=\"post-image-share popitup\" title=\"Share WhatsApp for desktop call window on Twitter\"><i class=\"icon icon--inline icon--twitter--dark\"\/><\/a>WhatsApp for desktop call window<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>It\u2019s important to note that you can already make video calls to people through WhatsApp for desktop if you use the shortcut to create Facebook Messenger Rooms. However, the upcoming functionality will bank on WhatsApp\u2019s own infrastructure to make calls.<\/p>\n<p>Since it\u2019s an under-development feature, we don\u2019t know when WhatsApp will roll out support for calls on its desktop app. We\u2019ll keep an eye out for you when this feature becomes available to everyone.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">For forums sites go to <span style=\"color: #ff9900;\"><a style=\"color: #ff9900;\" href=\"https:\/\/forum.buradabiliyorum.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Forum.BuradaBiliyorum.Com<\/a><\/span><\/strong>\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>If you want to read more like this article, you can visit our <span style=\"color: #ff9900;\"><a style=\"color: #ff9900;\" href=\"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/technology\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Technology category.<\/a><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><span style=\"color: black;\"><a style=\"color: #ff9900;\" href=\"https:\/\/thenextweb.com\/apps\/2020\/10\/20\/whatsapp-might-soon-let-you-make-calls-from-its-desktop-app\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Source<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;#WhatsApp might soon let you make calls from its desktop app&#8221; Video calls have increased due to the coronavirus pandemic, and companies such as Facebook and Zoom have taken full advantage of that. Earlier in the year, WhatsApp increased the group call limit from four to eight people. 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