Our beloved messaging app WhatsApp Desktop App To Get Voice Call And Video Option. WhatsApp which is owned by Facebook , announced on Thursday (05 March ,21), that they will be rolling out the voice call and video call feature on their WhatsApp Desktop Application.
WhatsApp Desktop App New Feature
Facebook owned whatsapp is all set to roll out new features, where WhatsApp Desktop App To Get Voice Call And Video Option. This feature will be for both Mac or Windows user, any one can download Whatsapp for a Windows PC or a Macintosh. This feature is due to a significant increase in the use of their voice and video call feature in the past year.
Voice and video calls are no new features to Whatsapp or even to their parent company Facebook who own the messenger .They first rolled out Voice and video calls feature 5 years ago and now are a market leader in this.
Benefits of WhatsApp Desktop App Voice Call And Video Feature
- Now you wont have to rush to get your Phone every time, when you are busy working on your Laptop and have to attend to an important call from a friend or your colleague. You can just pick the call from the same device you are working on
- Just like the Whatsapp calls on your phone , the call on your Whatsapp Desktop App will also be end to end encrypted , hence no need to worry about the people at Facebook listening to you and your caller.
- Also like Whatsapp App on your phone , Whatsapp Desktop App video call will be available in both Landscape and Portrait mode.
- And the most important feature of them all is that, finally we get to use video call on our favourite messaging app, thus getting to see and be connected to our loved ones on a bigger and more comfortable screen.
Drawbacks of WhatsApp Desktop App Voice Call And Video Feature
- At the moment group calls options are not available for the Whatsapp Desktop Application , but this is likely to come as an update to in the Future.
- Also a major drawback now is that you have to cannot use this feature on WhatsApp Web app .The only way you can use this feature is by downloading the Whatsapp Desktop App on you Mac or Windows PC and then logging into that app using User existing account on your Whatsapp mobile applicataion.
Threat to Zoom and Google Meet ?
Whatsapp being one of the most popular messaging app , specially in India with an active user base of More than 340 million users. This could pose as a threat to several web conferencing software like Zoom , Google Meet , MS Teams and Many more.
Since many people are already on the Whatsapp platform , hence they might find it easier to just use their old whatsapp accounts on their PC or Mac’s , instead of going through the headache of using and understanding a new platform.
Hence there is definitely a chance that this new Whatsapp feature is set eat some market shares of the other famous web conferencing tools.
Also, it is a point to notice that , just earlier this month WhatsApp got into scrutiny for pushing its somewhat unacceptable policy and terms of service updates. Which received a huge backlash to such an extend that convinced many of its users to switch to another app called ‘Signal'(came recommended by Elon Musk).
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