WhatsApp has introduced voice and video calls to its desktop
application for Mac and Windows operating systems.
The Facebook-owned instant messaging service broke the news
on Thursday in a statement via its blog.
WhatsApp had only offered the feature on its mobile app
until late 2020 when it started testing it out with selected desktop users.
In the statement, the firm said it has seen “significant
increases in people calling one another on WhatsApp, often for long
conversations” over the past year.
“We’re excited to
announce that private and secure one-to-one voice and video calls are now
available on WhatsApp’s desktop app,” it wrote.
“Last New Year’s Eve, we broke the record for the most calls
ever made in a single day with 1.4 billion voice and video calls.
“With so many people still apart from their loved ones, and
adjusting to new ways of working, we want conversations on WhatsApp to feel as
close to in-person as possible, regardless of where you are in the world or the
tech you’re using.”
WhatsApp said the new feature would allow its users to see
each other more clearly on the bigger screens and also free up their hands for
other tasks during conversations.
“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,” it
added.
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