WhatsApp could be working on a voice calling service
WhatsApp is the messaging service par excellence, with a total of no less than 600 million of users spread all over the world, and things don't seem to be slowing down anytime soon. This application allows us to stay in touch with our friends and family through instant messages, but it also allows us to perform other actions, such as sharing multimedia files, sending our location or the number of one of our contacts.For some time now people have been talking about the possibility of WhatsApp including a voice call function, something similar to what services like offer Viber or Skype Until now it was a rumorunconfirmed, but the latest update to WhatsApp for iOS makes it clear that voice calls are just around the corner. Let the operators tremble.
WhatsApp is primarily responsible for the decline of traditional SMSIn our country. In other regions such as the United States, users continue to bet on SMS because most operator plans include unlimited messages. This is not the case in our country and WhatsApp is now installed on the vast majority of smartphones. In fact, there are many users who have bought a smartphone just to use this function. The application could soon include the option to make voice calls. Will the same thing happen as with SMS? It seems complicated that this is the case, but it is certain that ifWhatsApp includes voice calls your number of users will increase even more.
Last April came the rumor of the voice calls on WhatsApp , when some translations were requested for terms like incoming call, outgoing call or hanging up. Now the latest update of WhatsApp for iPhone and iPad comes with the calls feature, but it's still disabled When installing WhatsApp it is an iPhone or iPad it asks us for access to the device's microphone, with a pop-up window similar to the one we see on these lines. The update does not specify that there is a novelty of voice calls, but here it does mention it specifically, so we have little doubt. If you already installed WhatsApp and you didn't notice this message, you can see it again if you go to Settings – Privacy – Microphoneand uncheck the Whatsapp box
The latest update contains other new features such as an improvement in the location sharing function, possibility of share slow-motion videos taken on the iPhone 5S (we assume it will work on iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus as well) and the option to trim videos before send There is no official confirmation about the release date of the calling feature and we also don't know if it will come to iOS first and Android later. We will have to wait for a confirmation from WhatsApp.
