WhatsApp introduces video calling; here’s how to get the feature on your smartphone

WhatsApp’s much anticipated video-calling feature finally appears close to launching. According to some reports, the video-calling feature is up for use in the beta version of the messaging app, but only for Android phone users. However, WhatsApp still has not started to advertise the feature, even though there have been many reports that users have started testing this Android app’s new beta version on their smartphones. If the users are on the new beta version of the app on Android, then they will now be able to see a ‘Video Call’ and ‘Voice Call’ choices when they tap the top dialer button. A new dialog giving the option between a standard voice call and a video call will Show up. The feature reportedly lags a bit since it is still in its beta version. WhatsApp has an official beta testing program available on Google Play. In order to own this feature, users will have to get WhatsApp’s latest beta version.

Users will have to sign up for it by clicking on the ‘Become a Tester’ button. One can also download the beta version of the messaging app from other websites like APK Mirror, which offer apps signed by Google. But one must make sure that the downloaded version is at least 2.16.318. Earlier in October, there were reports of the video calling feature being seen in some of the Windows apps. Now with the app being seen in Android’s beta apps, it is clear that WhatsApp will son introduce it in stable versions of Android and in Apple’s iOS as well. Video calling is a highly anticipated service on messaging apps.