The free calls over the Internet have been the most anticipated feature of WhatsApp throughout this year. And it is that they have been waiting a few months beyond their official announcement at the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona in February of last year However, after their arrival with dropper and its dubious quality against the rest of communication applications already available, also brought with it numerous criticismsNow WhatsApp tries to improve its service. A mission among which is to reduce data consumption of the Internet rate when using these calls. Here we give you three steps to achieve it.
WhatsApp calls are some of the most consumed without offering the best quality of possible sound Something that can significantly slow down its use and cause users to opt for other alternatives such as Viber or Facebook Messenger That is why the company has decided to test a new function that allows reduce data consumption, although to the detriment of quality Something that represents a good pinch of savings in data consumption in exchange for losing definition in soundThese are the steps you must follow:
1.- The first thing is to download version 2.12,183 of WhatsApp available only for the platform Android through the official website of the company This is a beta or test version, so it may not work as smoothly as possible. In the meantime, it is possible to download and install it as another update to the messaging application. Of course, it is necessary that the mobile have the option Unknown Sources activated in the menu Settings and within Security Always keeping in mind that downloading applications from outside official stores such as Google Play remains at risk and responsibility of each user
2.- After installing this version, all you have to do is access the menu WhatsApp Settings Once inside, just scroll to sectionChat settings, where you can find the new option Low data usageOr what is the same, low data consumption In this way the application reduces the number of data packets it sends to via the Internet when making a call.
3.- With all this, all that remains is to make WhatsApp calls over the Internet knowing that data consumption is reduced about 33 percent Something that ensures that the user's data rate will be more than enough with calls of about 200 kb per minute Of course, understanding that, by using fewer data packages, the quality of these calls is reduced In fact, activate saving data would capture or limit the quality of these calls to a situation similar to having a maximum 2G connection That is, the slowest possible connection where calls reduce their quality to the maximum to avoid cuts and slowdowns, losing definition and sharpness in the sound.
With all this, the habitual user of calls from WhatsApp can notice good savings in the long term. At the moment it is only possible with the beta version of WhatsApp, although it is hoped that in a few weeks it will also reach Google Play , with perhaps even more notable savings after the trial period.
