KARACHI: One of the most popular messenger service of present time, WhatsApp, has introduced several improvements to its calling features for catching up with friends and family, colleagues and communities securely.
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32-person calls: A user can now start a video or voice call on your mobile device with up to 32 people — four times the previous amount.
Message or mute participants: Long pressing on a participant will enlarge the video or audio feed and allow you to either mute or message them separately, while keeping the calls going.
Call links: Whether you’re making a last-minute call or planning one ahead, you can easily invite people to a group call by sharing a call link.
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With regard to call links, WhasApp has also made functional changes for a more seamless calling experience:
- Colorful waveforms: Now, you can easily see who is speaking if their camera is off.
- In-call banner notifications: See when someone new joins a group call.
- Picture in Picture on iOS: Now in beta testing and rolling out in 2023, easily multitask while on a call thanks to a minimized in-call video screen.
If a user long presses on a participant’s tab on the calls, then it will simply allow the user to mute or message that particular person without disconnecting the calls.
A user can also share the call links easily by just sharing the link of the call with the people he or she wants on the call.
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Now user will be able to see who is speaking even if their camera is off because WhatsApp will show colored waveforms.
As soon as someone new joins the group call, user will get an in-call banner notification.
All the iOs users will get the Picture-in-Picture mode in 2023, which will help them multitask while being on WhatsApp group calls.
