WhatsApp video calling feature

When it comes to messaging your friends or family, only one app comes to our mind—WhatsApp. The app has made a special place in our life and has become a primary source of interacting with your near and dear ones. And the application is evolving continuously with the developers rolling out some interesting features through which you can now communicate more effectively than ever. In April, it made chats secure with end-to-end encryption and recently gave you the ability to add fun elements to the photos and videos you share. And now the company has added a feature a lot of users were hankering for—video calling. WhatsApp announced that a new video calling feature would be rolling out to Android, iOS and Windows Phone users.The new feature, which was there for beta testing for a while now, will be available to over 1 billion WhatsApp users around the globe. The latest video calling feature can be considered as one of the biggest updates rolled out of the company as it will allow almost 1 billion WhatsApp users to video call their near and dear ones, which so much of ease. And using the feature is typically easy. But before you get started, you need to update your application to the latest version. WhatsApp said the updates will be rolled out in batches, so if you haven’t got it, yet don’t worry your app will be updated soon. But once your app is updated with the latest version, then all you need to do is following:

• ·         Open WhatsApp and select the contact you want to video call. But mind you, the other person should also have the updated app otherwise the video call will fail.
• ·         When you open the chat, then there will be a phone which is present at the top of the screen. There will be a popup which will show the voice call or video call option. Press on video call and voila, you just made your first WhatsApp call.

Calling from an iOS device is also similar, but you get two icons which further make it easier to call. The user interface of the call is very minimal and simple. At the bottom of the screen you will see end, mute or camera switch button. The beauty of this new feature is that you can minimize the call and use different applications as well. So carry on video calling!