Video calling officially arrived on WhatsApp in 2016, initially only person-to-person. Group video calls would arrive later, but all of them had one limitation: they could only be used from the WhatsApp app on the mobile and not with the web version. Now WhatsApp starts activating some users video calls in web and PC version.
One of the differences between using WhatsApp on mobile and using it on PC is starting to disappear now that, according to WaBetaInfo, video calls are starting to grow. slowly activate users synchronized versions of WhatsApp for the computer: WhatsApp Web and WhatsApp for Windows or Mac.
WhatsApp video calls from PC
WhatsApp video calls are no longer exclusive to the mobile app, now that they are also starting to be enabled in the web version, first in beta. Deployment appears slow, reaching only a few users.
The easiest way to find out if you are one of the winners is to open WhatsApp Web or the PC version and enter a chat. If it is enabled, you will see that the icon for voice calls and video calls on the top bar. Otherwise, only the magnifying glass icon appears.
Despite the fact that calling and video calling on WhatsApp for PC / Web is enabled for some users, the function still considered beta, information that appears both in the buttons to start them and in the windows in which calls are accepted or displayed after they have been started.
Video calls on WhatsApp for PC
These calls and video calls, like the rest of the communications in WhatsApp for PC and WhatsApp Web, they work synchronized from the mobile, you must therefore keep the mobile on and connected to the network to use them.
As we mentioned before, the deployment is quite slow and there doesn’t seem to be a way to force it to activate yet, so if it doesn’t appear the only thing you can do is wait. and make sure you are using the latest version of WhatsApp for PC.
Street | WaBetaInfo
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