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WhatsApp Beta for Android Now Lets Users Switch From Voice to Video Call

WhatsApp Beta for Android Now Lets Users Switch From Voice to Video Call

By Gadgets 360 Staff | Updated: 11 January 2018 16:50 IST

WhatsApp Android beta users can switch from voice to video calls in one-on-one chats, not in group chats

Highlights

The feature is only visible in WhatsApp beta for Android
iOS users are yet to see the feature
The other user will be asked if they want to switch

WhatsApp calls have become a crucial part of the popular messaging app, with over 100 million calls made per day on the platform. The popular messaging app lets users supports both voice and video calls, and it has been rumoured for months that WhatsApp is testing a new feature that will allow users to switch between voice calls and video calls. The feature is only available on Android beta (v2.18.4) for now, and lets users switch between calls at the touch of a button. You can register for the WhatsApp Android beta programme via Google Play.

If you are in the middle of a WhatsApp voice call and want to switch to a video call, you just need to tap that button to make the switch. Tapping the button will send a request to the person on the other side, asking they want to switch from voice to video.

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If the offer is accepted, the call will be switched. If the offer is declined, the voice call will continue as normal. In the current version of WhatsApp, you need to end a voice call to make a video call. WhatsApp calls are currently only available for one-on-one conversations but it might be available to group chats in the near future.

The new WhatsApp feature was spotted on WABetaInfo, which tracks changes to the popular chat app. It said that the feature is only available to those who have signed up for the beta version of WhatsApp.

Last month, WABetaInfo reported that WhatsApp mistakenly rolled out the 'Reply Privately' feature in a beta update that would allow users to privately send a message to a participant in a group without anyone else knowing about it.

The feature appeared and was subsequently dropped from the beta version of the app, watcher of the popular chat app @WABetaInfo said, confirming that the developers wrongly enabled the feature.

WABetaInfo also leaked the details of the features that WhatsApp was developing for web and desktop, including tap to unblock and a picture-in-picture (PIP) mode.

Written with inputs from IANS

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