WhatsApp could offer free video calls
Little by little, the messaging application most widely used throughout the world steps on the accelerator to catch up with the rest of the tools Communication. And it is that WhatsApp is undergoing a strong evolution since was acquired by Facebook in February 2014 , although stepping on the accelerator in recent weeks with new features that put it back on the playing field in the applications market messaging as starred messagesA competition that it had already won thanks to its number of users, and for which it did not worry when adding new functions. Well, it seems that curvas
Thus, a German website claims to have screenshots of what could be the new function of WhatsApp: the video calls A logical step in its communicative evolution after the introduction of free Internet calls, and which could do a lot of damage to other tools like Skype if the rumors turn out to be true. Although it would not be the only novelty that they would be testing in WhatsApp according to the leaked information, and may also produce design changessoon.
Regarding the filtered images, little more than their appearance can be commented on. In them it is possible to see a very simple interface, which would match the simple philosophy and minimalist style of WhatsApp , with three unique buttons: one to hang up the video call, another to mutethe same and a third to switch between the mobile camerasThe details about the coverage and the battery that are reflected in the upper part of the images suggest that it is a iPhone, for whose platform WhatsApp may already be testing this feature. Something expected by many so as not to depend on other applications, and that would put WhatsApp on par (in number of functionalities) with respect to the rest.
We will have to wait and see if there are more leaks or details about this function. And at the moment there is no official information to confirm that WhatsApp is working on this feature. Something that could help to continue growing in the number of users, although it would go against other applications such as Facebook Messenger, from the same house as WhatsApp, and that already has this feature and others.
For its part, the aforementioned German website also talks about the possible redesign of the application In this regard there is even less information, without that related images have been viewed. However, there is talk of a design that bets on the tabs to be able to jump between the different chats without having to go back to the main menu of the application. All this accentuating the characteristic green color of WhatsApp, and without knowing if there will be more or fewer menus, or new sections that order its growing number of functions.
At the moment they are little more than rumors, so we will have to remain attentive to possible new steps. However, it is not a crazy idea that WhatsApp implements free video calls in its service, despite losing the simplicity that conquered the first million users.Now you need to satisfy them and prevent them from going to other messaging tools with more possibilities.
Via Xataka.
