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WhatsApp’s voice calling feature starts making an appearance for some users

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WhatsApp‘s plans to launch voice calling feature has been leaked several times in the past, and today, the feature has started appearing for some users. A Reddit user pradnesh07, who received the feature on his Android smartphone, has mentioned that the feature got activated when his friend (who already has the feature enabled) called him through WhatsApp.

The Reddit user went on to say that he tried to call as many friends as possible to help his friends in activating the calling feature on WhatsApp, but it was more of a hit-and-miss situation. If you are wondering about when WhatsApp has updated the app, this feature is available only when you have downloaded the latest APK from WhatsApp’s official website, and not from Google Play Store.

Also Read: Should Indian telecom operators worry about WhatsApp’s voice calling feature?

Earlier this month, WhatsApp launched WhatsApp Web, which you can use from your web browser, bringing WhatsApp to desktop’s reach. Its competitor Hike has also launched voice calling feature earlier this week.

Story first published on: January 31, 2015 at 8:43 pm

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dhruv

January 31, 2015 10:55 pm 10:55 PM

I have downloaded it from web and updated, but no calling option till now for me

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Bhanu Sharma

January 31, 2015 10:38 pm 10:38 PM

I have update whatsapp from its official website..
but calling facility is not available..

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Deepak

January 31, 2015 10:32 pm 10:32 PM

Is this feature available for ios ?
And if someone already have this feature on android device, can he/she able to call ios user?

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Darshan

February 2, 2015 10:09 am 10:09 AM

Its written APK
so ofcourse its not for ios

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Brijesh Parmar

February 1, 2015 1:28 pm 1:28 PM

nope…for iOS there are no any updates for calling feature, and also whatsapp web is not available for iOS

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