Although during the event Mobile Wolrd Congress in Barcelona, in February, the head of WhatsApp, Jan Koum, announce your intention to bring phone calls to the application before summer, this fact will not be has been carried out on schedule. And it is that the summer has finally passed without the users of the more extended messaging application being able to speak beyond the function of audio sendSomething that, however, could change in a very short time
To the clues discovered about this long-awaited feature of presumably free calls we must now add new rumors Indicative that WhatsApp is truly working on this function, despite not having complied with the times established by Koum On the one hand are the images of the translation platform of this tool, which already show how the interface or appearance of calls on WhatsApp Screenshots showing the phone iconat the top of each chat screen. Information that comes from WhatsApp, who has circulated them through their translation platform so that participating users can offer the translation that best matches the words and messages used in them.
But what is most intriguing recently is the lack of updates in its beta version It's all about the test version of WhatsApp A useful platform to carry out experiments and taste the news in a minority way, with a small group of users to avoid releasing a new buggy feature to the mainstream audience. Therefore, the step before the new functions, be they calls or another feature, reach WhatsApp
And the fact is that the application team used to update quite regularly this version beta for platform Android Something that hasn't been produced for more than a week. Unequivocal proof that what is to come is important? At the moment, the intentions of WhatsApp are unknown, and they tend to be very tight with rumors.But other indicators such as the almost certain acceptance of the European Commission on its purchase by Facebook could be one of the keys to start launching the function ofglobal calls
If the rumors are true, and according to the frequency with which they update the beta version of WhatsApp, it is possible that very soon more will begin to be known about this calling function. And it is that, for the moment, it is only intuited that it will be a free service among users through Internet connections, as already offered Skype or Viber However, it is not ruled out that there may be some kind of rate or issue Toll to add more services to these calls. A whole danger for mobile operators, which have already seen how the consumption habits of users changed thanks to this messaging application, causing them losses or making them stop using make a lot of money by ending the use of text messages SMS
