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Raz Karmi

WhatsApp Video Calling — Video calling now available on WhatsApp

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Ben Tossell
Of all the ways to call someone, (Facetime, Facebook, normal call) - I find Whatsapp at the bottom of that list. When audio calling (especially internationally) using Whatsapp it seems to have such a big delay and the experience is just sub-par compared to other options like Facebook which is pretty seamless. I wonder if this update also brings updates to the audio calls too.... delays on a video call would be a lot worse
Ben Tossell
@think_andreah whatsapp is my main texting app too... but always using whatsapp calls across countries has always been bad and big delays
Hussein Yahfoufi
@bentossell most if not all of my relatives abroad insist on calling me via What's App, I really don't know why. Most have iPhones and can just FaceTime me (audio or video) but What's App is their number one. Same with texting, they prefer What's App to iMessages.
Keyul
@bentossell Same experience like you. I am using WhatsApp for fast text delivery and Messenger for good calling between India and US for more than a year.
Ali Ahmed
@bentossell in most of the rest of the world whatsapp would be right at the top of that list. I can never sure if a contact is using FB messenger but I can pretty much know for certainty they're on whatsapp. Also because whatsapp is tied to the address book, it's a seamless way to check if someone is on whatsapp. Additionally when traveling sometimes I don't bother buying a local sim or using roaming, simply get a data/internet sim and live off of whatsapp completely. :) Definitely differing experiences for different sets of people.
abhay
To activate video calling on Android: 1. Go to https://play.google.com/store/ap... 2. Scroll all the way down and tap "I'm In" to start using the beta version 3. Wait like five minutes then you'll be able to update to the beta version and start making video calls. Both users must have the beta version for the call to work.
Pali Madra
Update! You need to hold the call button and then choose either phone call or video call! Not the most intuitive interface. Let's hope the experience is better.
G G
Can't stand WhatsApp it's the worst. Only works on ONE phone at a time. Unlike WhatsApp, Facebook Messenger is multi device likes tablets and has more features.
Rodrigo Hillion
This doesn't seems to be true? ( it is true I can see it now!)
jonny hawk
whatsapp is quite fun too, but using a mod like yowhatsapp will be even more fun. download free at https://otherwhatsapp.com/yowhat...
Pali Madra
Cannot find it in my updated app. Anyone has it working?
Eapen George
Wish they added group calling first. Haven't found a reliable group (voice) calling app yet.