Discover what WhatsApp call icons will look like
The messaging application most widely used and widely used on mobile platforms continues to be talked about. And it is that, in a week where he has activated the controversial double blue check, more clues have also been discovered about his next function of calls over the Internet. A long-awaited feature that has already been postponed until early 2015, but about which more details continue to be known with the passage of time and the concerns of older users gossip.
Thus, for a few days several users have scrutinized the latest versions of WhatsApp in search of some trace that reveals what They are working in the field of calls. The discoveries have not taken long to reach the media, despite being of little relevance. And it is that, for the moment, they have only come across the icons that presumably would serve to control the calls and their different options. Something that, on the other hand, confirms the course of this functionality.
These icons show that calls through WhatsApp will work like regular phone calls. And there are icons for start a call and also for hang up In addition, they have been discovered within the code of these latest versions of WhatsApp other icons that would leave the reflection of a missed call through this service using a notificationBut there is more. The classic arrows used in the call logs would also become part of this function in WhatsApp, being able to see a green ascending arrow for calls made, blue descending (the same tone as the blue double check) for received calls, and a third descending arrow in redfor missed or unanswered calls.
Along with this, the Danish media outlet DroidApp has published other findings such as the part of the code (the guts of the application) where you can discover the operation and location of these icons, as well as a new sound in the gallery of WhatsApp It would be the dial tone or end of call, which would already be found in the current application, but without being able to use it (just a second of sound).They have also posted a screenshot to see what the menu looks like during the call. Information that, on the other hand, has already been known for some time, there already being a call screen for Android and another for iPhone
All this shows that the work of WhatsApp continues. And, despite having delayed the launch of calls to early 2015, the decision seems to have been made. Of course, according to the latest information and statements by the person in charge of WhatsApp, Jan Koum, they would be running into not a few technical problems when implementing this new function in the application for all the variety of smartphones in which it operates. Issues that have caused the delay of this function, which was expected for the summer that has already passed.We will have to wait for more news or the definitive arrival of calls to WhatsApp