Improved Calling Features on WhatsApp
While WhatsApp is best known for bringing private and secure messaging to people across the world, more people are using it as a way to connect with voice and video calls. That’s why over the course of this year we’ve launched several improvements to calling on WhatsApp, for catching up with friends and family, colleagues and communities securely.
WhatsApp introduced new features for better connecting as a group on calls:
- 32-person calls: Users now start a video or voice call on your mobile device with up to 32 people — four times the previous amount.
- Message or mute participants: Long pressing on a participant will enlarge the video or audio feed and allow you to either mute or message them separately, while keeping the calls going.
- Call links: Whether you’re making a last-minute call or planning one ahead, users can easily invite people to a group call by sharing a call link.
WhatsApp also made functional changes for a more seamless calling experience:
- Colorful waveforms: Now, users can easily see who is speaking if their camera is off.
- In-call banner notifications: See when someone new joins a group call.
- Picture in Picture on iOS: Now in beta testing and rolling out in 2023, easily multitask while on a call thanks to a minimized in-call video screen.
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