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The closest thing to a virtual meeting that we are going to have on our device has already begun to reach our phones. If a little over a week ago we announced that some users were beginning to be able to use group video calls, today we have already been able to try them out and we are going to tell you how we found them. Remember that in order to have this function you must be within the WhatsApp Beta program where you can try exclusive functions before other users.At the end of the article you can find out how to join this group.
Video calls with four friends at the same time on WhatsApp
To find out if we have access to group video calls, we just have to start one of them with any of our contacts. To do this, we press the camcorder button that we can see at the top of the chat screen, as shown in the following images. Once we have started the video call, we check if there is a 'contact +' icon at the top right of the screen.
Thus, successively, you can add people to the video call until there are 4 in total. The call experience will depend on several factors, mainly the Internet connection that both you and your interlocutors have.According to our own experience, as we were adding participants, the video call became a little more clumsy They will surely refine this new function more since, we remind you, it is exclusive At the moment of the Beta group of the application and it can give failures.
To be able to enjoy this new feature and many that are yet to come, all you have to do is join the WhatsApp Beta group. Registration is free and the procedure is very simple. We must proceed as follows.
We entered the WhatsApp Beta group link
If we have the WhatsApp application already installed, we will have to wait for an update to come out.If not, we download and enter as we have always done so far. You will now have the Beta app and will be able to enjoy group video calls and other features before they become official.