Audio and video calls have been available on WhatsApp for a few years now,
but they only work on the iPhone and Android apps. Starting today, users
will also be able to answer and make calls through WhatsApp Desktop on a Mac
or Windows PC.
WhatsApp says that the feature is initially available for one-to-one calls
in the desktop app and will be expanded to group calls in the future as
well. As audio and video conferencing has become even more frequent these
days due to the pandemic, the Facebook-owned company says that being able to
answer calls on a bigger screen is extremely important for its users.
Just like on a phone, WhatsApp Desktop lets users change the screen
orientation between portrait and landscape, plus it offers an option to keep
the window always on top. During a call, users can also turn video on or
off, as well as muting the microphone.
Answering on a bigger screen makes it easier to work with colleagues, see
your family more clearly on a bigger canvas, or free up your hands to move
around a room while talking. To make desktop calling more useful, we made
sure it works seamlessly for both portrait and landscape orientation,
appears in a resizable standalone window on your computer screen, and is set
to be always on top so you never lose your video chats in a browser tab or
stack of open windows.
According to WhatsApp, all voice and video calls have end-to-end encryption,
whether you call from your smartphone or your computer. The company recently
updated WhatsApp Desktop with an extra security layer, which now requires
biometric authentication on your phone before authorizing the connection to
a computer.
You can download the latest version of WhatsApp Desktop with video and audio
calling support on the <https://www.whatsapp.com/download/> official
WhatsApp website.
More details on how this new feature works on WhatsApp Desktop can be found
in
<https://faq.whatsapp.com/web/voice-and-video-calls/about-desktop-calling>
this support article.
<https://9to5mac.com/author/filipeesposito/> Filipe Espósito
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