WhatsApp calls won't arrive in time for Christmas
Waiting for the arrival of the function of calls for WhatsAppcontinues to lengthen month after month. A feature that its managers already announced at the beginning of the year, at the event of the Mobile World Congress held in Barcelona, specifying a date close to summer for its arrival in the different mobile platforms. Something that has not finally occurred, although there have been many rumors and leaks about this long-awaited feature that could revolutionize the use of WhatsApp and smartphones
Now offering a new arrival date, and the good thing is that this information comes from the mouth of the himself Jan Koum, CEO (CEO) of WhatsApp Thus, the new arrival date for calls to WhatsApp would be postponed to first quarter of 2015 , without specifying yet something more concrete. This was reported to the media outlet Re/Code, taking advantage of an event that took place this week to talk about technology and mobile markets.
It seems that WhatsApp engineers are running into some problems when developing the functionality of calls through their messaging service. Technical issues such as not being able to access the different microphones of some terminals to implement their technology ambient noise cancellation, producing much crisper, clearer sound in noisy spaces. Or the implementation of this communication system in the poorer and slower networks and Internet connections Something they would continue working on to improve before its official launch.
This, despite further postponing the arrival of this feature, at least puts an end to speculation about the imminent update for mobile applications that would bring these calls. All this despite the fact that the WhatsApp translation system has already allowed us to see what the menus and features of this function look like, at least in passing.
And the fact is that the service they are working on is still unknown, being able to state only that it is Internet calls A VoIP service that is assumed to be free and with which you could call users of everyone from WhatsApp However, we should not completely rule out the paid service to other fixed and mobile lines. An approach that other applications like Skype or Viber They have been doing it for a while, offering a cheaper service than international rates but in which it is necessary pay to get credit
A business model that could use WhatsApp now that its millionaires are known losses, despite being acquired by FacebookAnd it is that for the moment the messaging application, according to its manager, remains focused on growth, seeking to reach billion of users in the coming years thanks to the push of Facebook In addition, continue betting on to stop side the business model based on the . Therefore, we will still have to wait a little longer to find out the new course of WhatsApp
