WhatsApp, the popular social app, has come up with a major announcement of late. The messenger app now allows for group voice and video calls on iPhone and Android devices. With that, it joins those few companies offering video and voice calling capabilities that allow their users to enter multi-participant calls. Here you’ll be shown how exactly you can be able to do that and how you can use the latest feature on your WhatsApp messenger.
An announcement from Apple already suggests that such functionality will be supported with FaceTime, however, they won’t launch it as an across the board feature until the public release of macOS 10.14 Mojave and iOS 12.
Even with that limitation, WhatsApp is already appealing to people interested in talking to multiple people through group calling. So, let’s not just waste any further time and get straight to how you can make group video and voice calls using WhatsApp.
How To Make Group Voice Call Using WhatsApp
Let’s first get into the details of making group voice calls with WhatsApp. Here are the steps to follow.
- Launch WhatsApp and go to the conversation with someone whom you want to initiate the voice call with.
- Tap the voice call icon towards the top right.
- As soon as you are in the call with the other person, tap on ‘+’ icon on top right side of the screen. It will allow you to add more participants to your voice call.
How To Make Group Video Call Using WhatsApp
Now that you know how to make voice group calls, let’s get into how you can make group video calls. The process is very much similar, just follow the steps below.
- Launch WhatsApp and go to the conversation with someone whom you want to initiate the voice call with.
- Tap the video call icon towards top right of the interface and your video call will be initiated.
- Similar to voice calling, now you can tap the ‘+’ button for bringing up the interface using which you can be able to add other people to your video call. The process has to be repeated for every person that you’d like to add to the call.
That’s it! Now you can enjoy gossips and important conversations with multi-participant voice- and video-calls. The feature can come in handy and can be a great option for business personnel who often have to conduct conferences remotely. So, if you have long been waiting for such a feature, it’s finally there and you can start using it right away.