WhatsApp is rolling out a useful free upgrade for iPhones, Android devices, tablets and PCs.
Billions of WhatsApp users across the globe are getting new features this month that will improve the way they call one another. The Facebook-owned firm has just announced that it’s releasing a blockbuster video call upgrade over the coming weeks that includes the ability to add more people to chat along with being able to share your screen and audio with others.
WhatsApp says this will make its platform “Ideal for watching videos together” especially as you can now include up to 32 people on a video call across all your devices.
Another new addition is something called “Speaker spotlight” which helps you see who is talking on a call.
When a friend starts chatting, their profile will automatically be highlighted and appear first on the screen.
“Since we brought Calling to WhatsApp back in 2015, we’ve continued to improve it with the introduction of group calls, video calls, and multi-platform support.
Today we have several updates that will make calls across your devices even bigger and better, rolling out over the next few weeks.”
Along with those video changes, WhatsApp also says it has impoved the overall call quality when chatting via its platform.
“We recently launched MLow codec which improves call reliability,” WhatsApp explained.
“Calls made on mobile devices benefit from improved noise and echo cancellation, making it easier to have calls in noisy environments, and video calls have higher resolution for those with faster connections.”
The firm also says it will continue making improvements to calling on WhatsApp which has now become a feature more and more of us use ever day.
These latest changes should appear automatically later this month.
