2020 will be forever remembered for being the year of the pandemic, but also because it represents a real boom for video calls and messaging applications. And of course, WhatsApp went to work to add many of the features that it lacked with respect to its competition so as not to lose market share.
One of them was the possibility of making video calls with up to 8 people, with which the app broke its own record of calls in a single day. It happened on the last New Year’s Eve, with 1.4 billion calls and video calls. A feature that now, a year later, also reaches its web version. But How can you make video calls on WhatsApp Web? Keep reading, because we are going to tell you all the details.
What is WhatsApp Web?
Let’s start at the beginning, WhatsApp is the world’s most popular instant messaging app but, oddly enough, it still doesn’t have a native app to run on the computer. Realistically, the app exists, but it uses the phone to show the conversations we have there, on our computer. In other words, it doesn’t work if we don’t have the phone active and with coverage.
Even so, many people use this app on a daily basis to communicate in a much more comfortable way, given that using it on the computer also allows you to use a keyboard to write faster.
How to make a video call on WhatsApp Web?
One of the most demanding functionalities of this WhatsApp app for the computer it was to be able to send and receive calls and video calls. Now you can enjoy the new update that is already available for download both for Windows how to Mac.
“Throughout this last year, we noticed a significant increase in the number of calls made on WhatsApp, often from long-term conversations. With the large number of people still separated from those close to them and adapting to new ways of working, we want conversations on WhatsApp to feel as similar as possible to those you have in person, no matter where in the world you are. or what device you use ”, they explain from the company.
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In this sense, the main advantages of using WhatsApp Web video calls are to use a larger screen and appear in a separate window on the computer screen, which allows us to resize it to our liking. In addition, WhatsApp calls and video calls are end-to-end encrypted, “So WhatsApp can not see or hear them,” they confirm from the company owned by Facebook.
For make a video call on WhatsApp WebAll you have to do is go to the contact you want to call and click on the video call icon (which is the same as for the mobile version). And voila, the communication will begin.
First, individual calls
The new functionality will arrive first for individual calls in the WhatsApp application for computers. In the coming months, the company will expand this feature to include group calling and video calling.
Also, since WhatsApp they are also working on improve cloud backups. To do this, according to some documents leaked this week, it will also allow these backup copies to be encrypted to make them even more secure for users.
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